Invisible Hand(s) Quality Assurance in the Age of Author Self-Archiving I am pleased to announce the publication of my recent contribution to Jekyll.comm: International Journal of Science Communication [ http://jekyll.sissa.it/jekyll_comm/home_eng.htm ] titled : "Invisible Hand(s) Quality Assurance in the Age of Author Self-Archiving," Jekyll.comm: International Journal of Science Communication no. 6 (September 2003) [ http://jekyll.sissa.it/jekyll_comm/commenti/foc06_01.ppt ] OR [http://jekyll.sissa.it/jekyll_comm/commenti/foc06_01.pdf ] [I am most grateful to Nico Pitrell for his kind invitation to submit to Jekyll.comm!] "Invisible Hand(s)" is one of four articles from the Focus section of Jekyll.comm devoted to Peer Review that also include contributions from Stevan Harnad, Marco Fabbrichesi, and Andrea Cerroni [ http://jekyll.sissa.it/jekyll_comm/focus_eng.htm ] The articles are extensions/continuations/elaborations of presentations made at the Peer Review in the Age of Open Archives held in Trieste, Italy, May 23-24, 2003 at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) (Gerry McKiernan, Stevan Harnad, Marco Fabbrichesi) or written for the Jekyll.comm feature (Andrea Cerroni). "Invisible Hand(s)" explores one of many issues related to Peer Reviewthat I address in the presentation prepared for the Trieste Workshop titled "Alternative Peer Review: Quality Management for 21st Century Scholarship" [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/APR-1.ppt ] [This is a LARGE file; please be patient] I would be Most Grateful for Any and All Comments, Queries, Critiques, Questions, or Cosmic Insights, about My World View(s) as presented in "Invisible Hand(s)" and/or "Alternative Peer Review." Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Invisible Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu