[HPSG-L] HPSG proceedings 2024

[Olga Zamaraeva]

Thank you very much, Stefan, for this important and hard work!

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM Manfred Sailer <sailer at em.uni-frankfurt.de>
wrote:

> Dear Stefan,
>
> Thank you for the update and the transparency.
> For me as a contributor, it's good to know what the situation is.
>
> Thank you for keeping the proceedings running in spite of all the
> obstacles!!
> All the best,
>
> Manfred
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > This is an email to inform you about the status of the HPSG 2024
> > proceedings. Short story: They are completed for a long time now but
> > because of technical difficulties they cannot be imported into the
> > publishing system OJS.
> >
> > Long story:
> >
> > For the first time since 2003 the HPSG proceedings will appear in
> > the year after the proceedings, normally they were out in November
> > or December.
> >
> > This is partly due to the fact that there is an additional reviewing
> > step now. This costs time since it also involves revisions. However
> > the plan was to be done with this in 2024. But apart from
> > difficulties with the new publication mode, there were technical
> > difficulties.
> >
> > Some history:
> >
> > In the early years of editing the proceedings everything was easy. I
> > had access to the machine where the files for CSLI Pubs were hosted
> > and copied everything there by ssh copy. Effort here: put files in
> > place, compile, check, type "make public".
> >
> > Over the years Stanford University got more and more restrictive as
> > far as access was concerned. The CSLI machine was closed off, access
> > to the central machines was only possible with sponsored accounts.
> > The reply times for renewals of sponsored accounts got longer and
> > the times for which access was granted got shorter. We finally
> > decided to move the proceedings elsewhere. This is why we have Open
> > Journal System now. Publishing the proceedings means that I create
> > an XML file, which has to be imported in Frankfurt/M. I cannot do
> > this myself. This causes delays and slows down turnaround. Now there
> > was a main change in infrastructure and an update of php and OJS and
> > things do not work any longer.
> >
> > Only thing I can do: Wait and be patient.
> >
> > In principle we could go back to the old mode: find a webserver
> > somewhere and I just create the webpages via scripts and copy
> > everything there. The advantage of the OJS solution is that it can
> > be used for doing the reviewing process of the revisions and that
> > people can use it once I retire (10 years from now).
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> >     Stefan, frustrated about this world getting more and more restricted
> >
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-- 
Olga