| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/12/02/08/01/02 |
| Title | Editorial SubCommittee Papers 1987-1989 |
| Date | 30 July 1987 - 20 October 1989 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Physical Description | 1 file |
| Description | Agenda, minutes, correspondence and reports [the Psychologist] Editorial SubCommittee later Psychologist Editorial Committee [PEC], the successor to the Bulletin Implementation Group.
30 July 1987 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and correspondence including terms of reference, policy for review editors, progress towards implementation, ideas for content.
16 October 1987 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes includes advertising policy, production schedule with Lavenham press;
4 December 1987 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes report of extra meeting 10 November 1987, advertising policy, launch
26 February 1988 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes tasks, feedback from first issue, content from subsystem journals, potential content, reviews, proof checking academic articles, report on advertising;
6 June 1988 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes report to Finance and General Purposes Committee on resources; publishing of Society lectures; advertising policy; schedules, need for extra editorial assistant;
18 October 1988 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes assistant editors; response to Fraser Watts Council report on The Psychologist's scientific content and relationships [see Editorial Sub-Committee correspondence 1988] with Committees; electronic communications; request from subsystem conferences organisers for possible articles; production route for academic articles, index, advertising agents, publishing of 'major' Society policy statements;
20 January 1989 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes readership survey; response to Fraser Watts on academic section, communications between editors, review, reporting on Society activities, Committee membership, change in hours of managing editor; need for in-house production experience, special features
25 May 1989 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes design of new academic section; publication of Society news and statements; Council review of The Psychologist; conference special issue, members of the Book Review Editors, cover designs, creation of future obituaries, editorial freedom, results of readers survey;
10 July 1989 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes Committee membership; proposal that Committee become a Standing Committee of Council; Terms of Reference; Editorial guidelines, proposed alternative structures to Honorary Editors, readership survey, disposal of review books; publicity of the Committee, centenaries, obituaries, review of the Standing Committee on Communications, advertising sales to be moved in-house; cover design, future content; quote in Pseuds Corner of 'Private Eye';
20 October 1989 Editorial Sub-Committee agenda and minutes and papers includes Committee membership, revised Terms of Reference; revised layout proposals, update on proposed articles; and links with Australia. |
| Format | File |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
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| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/12/02/08/01 Bulletin Implementation Group
BPS/001/12/02/08/03 The Psychologist Correspondence 1987-1999
BPS/001/11/01/05/03 Standing Committee on Communications
BPS/001/12/02/08/02/02 Saunders' Lavenham Press British Psychological Society Bulletin Distributors1977-1980 |
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| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| AdminHistory | The Psychologist is the in-house magazine for members of the British Psychological Society. The first issue was January 1988 - it was a successor to the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society [previously Quarterly Bulletin of the British Psychological Society] 1948-1987.
Managing Editor Elizabeth Mapstone 1987-1993;
Assistant Editor Stephen White 1995-1998; 1998-2018 Peter Dillon-Hooper
Editor Maryon Tysoe 1997-2000, Jon Sutton 2000-date[2018]
The Editorial Sub-Committee was a SubCommittee of the Standing Committee on Communications until December 1989. It acted as a policy making body on all issues regarding The Psychologist; act as an adviser to the Managing Editor and the Honorary Editors; act as a 'reviewer' of past issues of 'The Psychologist'
Chairman of Editorial SubCommittee Mary Boyle 1987, Glynis Breakwell June 1988 - January 1990
Honorary Editors The Bulletin Mary Boyle and Ray Bull1981-1987
Honorary Editors Glynis Breakwell and Graham Davey 1987-92. From this point onwards there was only one Honorary Editor
Honorary Editor Hugh Foot 1992-1997
The Psychologist Editorial Committee succeeded the Editorial Sub-Committee and reported to Council. Assistant Editors were responsible for ideas and some copy for features, reviews, art work etc. There was also a team of Associate Editors who were responsible for generating and reviewing academic articles.
Chairman of Psychologist Editorial Committee Graham Davey 1990-1992; Hugh Foot 1992-1995
The Psychologist Policy Committee PPC May 1995-date [2018] replaced the Psychologist Editorial Committee PEC
Chairman Hugh Foot 1995-1997; Mary Boyle 1997-2000; Graham Powell 2000-2004 |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |