A few months ago, I introduced a Choral Journal reader survey, and I have had hundreds of responses so far. For those of you who have not yet offered feedback, the survey will remain open until the end of 2014 and is available at: <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CJ2014>. We have already been making changes based on some of the survey comments, and following are three things you can be aware of:
- New Table of Contents Page
The December issue will introduce a new Table of Contents. Ron Granger has been with ACDA as layout designer and managing editor for many years, and he and I have been working hard to brainstorm ways to make the first page of the Journal look professional and easy to read. Department headings have been updated to reflect the variety of material available to you in each issue.
- Features: the three main feature articles that have been vetted through the Choral Journal editorial board
- Articles: articles that fall under any of the rotating columns and article series you are already familiar with
- Reviews: book, choral, and recorded sound reviews
- News: relevant ACDA news such as conference information or upcoming event deadlines
- Editorial: executive director, president, and editor columns
- Downloading full issues and individual articles from acda.org
Most of you already know that the entire Choral Journal archive dating back to May 1959 is available to ACDA active, retired, student, associate, and international members online at <acda.org>. Once you choose the issue month and year, there will be a link located underneath the cover image for you to be able to download that entire issue.
You may not be aware, however, that you can also download individual articles on that same page. Simply select an article or column by clicking on the title. A new page will open containing only that article, and you can then download it directly to your computer as a PDF by clicking the “download” button.
- Clickable Table of Contents page for the online version of Choral Journal
The Table of Contents page on the online eCJ now contains links that will take you directly to the article or column of your choice. No more flipping through the pages or typing a page number into the search box! If you experience any difficulty getting the links to work, please let me know. Note: these links will only be available on the eCJ booklet, not on the PDF version.
Want to add your input on future CJ updates? Take the Choral Journal survey by clicking here: <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CJ2014>
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