La Revue Netcom entre dans sa 19ème année. Compte rendu 2004-2005

Netcom takes an interdisciplinary perspective on networks, communications, and space. Netcom (founded in 1987), is the official Journal of the International Geographical Union Commissions on the “ Geography of Information Society ". Three subjects deserve to be tackled about 2004 and the first months of 2005 : Issues already published. January 2004 -vol. 18 1-2 -"Perspective one the Geography of Information Society”, opened by a foreword of H. Bakis (3-9) ; it is built around two papers of Emmanuel Eveno on the history, the epistemology and the future for the geography of the TIC and the territorial paradigm for the Information Society (pp. 11-87 ; and pp. 89-134) ; it includes the papers by Philippe Vidal of “ the E Atlas project” (pp. 135-145) ; and the report of our Chairman on his “2000-2004 report to the UGI” (pp. 147-154). December 2004 -vol. 18 3-4 -"ICT and Places : Policy Approaches and DIGITAL Divide ” (Sten Lorentzon & Maria Paradiso, editors) -It is one of the output of the conference of our Commission in Stockholm (June 2003). May 2005 -vol. 19 1-2 -“Information Technologies : From Physical Networks to DIGITAL Communities ” (H. Bakis editor) " (see below). New projects. On the Web. Netcom has already many papers on lines, but we propose to make better now : the objective is to put on line the whole of the contents of this review since January 1987. That would render great services to the Net surfers, because this Journal occupies a particular place (multifield approach ; set of themes located at the articulation of the communication networks and the territory). The papers of this review since nearly 20 years are signed by the majority of the best researchers on the field. This material would gain being better diffused. In 2005, the minimal objective will be to post several issues (2000, 2001, 2002) already entirely digitized. We hope to do more : beginning digitalization and the setting on Internet of some old volumes. Call for papers -"Territories and TIC -public policies" (Pr. Henry Bakis & Dr. Philippe Vidal, editors). “The public policies as regards territories and TIC -Conference and Netcom special issues ” (the date and the place will be specified later) -supranational public policies (policy of UNO ; policy of the European Commission) ; at the level of cities, regions, lander, counties, etc. ; national (public policies in the three institutional systems prevailing in Europe : decentralized -France- ; centralized -England- ; federal -Belgium , Spain or Germany. We will try to answer the question : does there exist a European (or, more generally, a Regional) model of the Information Society ? To feed the next issues of Netcom -1) Reports and updated References on the geography of the TIC/ Internet by Members of the Commission Steering Committy. Netcom already published several texts of this kind in the past, concerning France (1987), Italy (1989), Israel (1989), Argentina (1992), Germany (1999), Sweden (2000), China (2002). This kind of synthesis are useful for the readers and the students in the search of updated bibliographies ; -2) Epistemological reflexion (see the papers of Emmanuel Eveno, 2004) ; -3) Case studies on Africa ; Latin America ; Asia ; North America ; Pacific ; Mediterranean countries ; -4) Each one can formulate proposals for issues, papers, information... Changes in the direction of the editorial board (direction , guest editors ). For a few years, it has seemed useful to delegate certain responsibilities in order to optimize the efforts : -the Editor, manage the Journal and coordinate the current work with the Associate Editor(s), Assistant Editor(s), the occasional Guest editors, and the referees ; - -the Associate Editor(s) was initially held by Pr. Becky Loo of Hong Kong (2001-2004) then by Dr. Philippe Vidal of Le Havre University, France (since mid 2004). The function of Associate Editor corresponds indeed jointly has a strong implication in all the numbers with the director of the review : second readings of the projects submitted at different stages of preparation, rewriting of the papers, relation with the authors, formalization if new projects and institutional collaborations, coordination with the referees ; [Many thanks to Pr. Becky Loo (Hong Kong) -Invaluable collaborator for several years (since 2001), the Pr. Becky Loo has resigned from the post of "Associate editor" for personal reasons. I wish to thank her cordially to have contributed to the scientific evaluation of many papers (and one issue as Guest editor), to have also revised relevant papers written in English by non english-speaking authors (a lot of job, always done quickly and with application). We hope that this collaboration will continue in other forms in the future (mainly in the scientific committee) ] ; -the Assistant Editor(s) is currently assumed by Pr. Maria Paradiso, Executive Secretary of our IGU Commission. This function is less heavy than the preceding one and does not include systematically the work of second reading and revision of the papers. On the other hand the Assistant Editor is associated with the programming of the issues, and the editorial policy, he coordinate the preparation of "notes and information" (scientific news, new books) ; -Guest editor (s) -The formula of has proven reliable for several years : Bakis & Segui Pons (1998) ; Graef (1999) ; Lorentzon (2000) ; Bakis & Huh (2001, 2002) ; Loo (2003) ; Paradiso (2001) ; Lorentzon & Paradiso (2004)... I make a point of finishing by thanking the authors who choose to entrust their articles to Netcom, the referees, without forgetting all those which intervene in the process of design, page -setting and printing works.Bakis Henry. La Revue Netcom entre dans sa 19ème année. Compte rendu 2004-2005. In: NETCOM : Réseaux, communication et territoires / Networks and Communication Studies, vol. 19 n°3-4, december 2005. Mobilités familiales. pp. 241-248