From kitchen table to electronic editorial office: the evolution of the journal

‘A journal with ambitions’: Health Libraries Review and Shane Godbolt

“…Although the 1989 editorial did not mention it, another noteworthy change in the subsequent years was the inclusion of regular guest editorials, many of which introduced theme issues. These, though, were not so well received: they were subsequently dropped after a readership survey in 1999 indicated that they were unpopular because they were not seen as offering good value to subscribers who had no interest in a particular theme (though they were later re-instated by HILJ as free supplements) (Bonnett, 2008a).…”