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BCRA > Publications > Schedules

This page gives information about the Publishing and Despatch Schedules for BCRA's periodicals. This is intended for use by subscription agencies, libraries, indexers and bibliographers. This page was last modified on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:52:51 +0000.

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This pages lists the publishing and despatch schedules for...

Cave & Karst Science
Speleology
Cave Radio & Electronics Group Journal
Compass Points
BCRA Newsletter
Bulletin Bibliographique Spéléologique / Speleological Abstracts

Cave & Karst Science ISSN 1356-191X

Title	Cave & Karst Science
Sub-title	Transactions of the British Cave Research Association
URL	http://bcra.org.uk/candks
medium	Print	Online
ISSN	1356-191X	not yet allocated
Current volume & issue	35(3)	as left
Cover date	"for 2008"	as left
Date mailed / released	January 2010	as left
Expected date of next issue	Estimated to be May 2010 for volume 36(1)	as left
Subscription fee	GBP 24.00 per volume of three issues. Subscriptions received part-way through a volume are back-dated to the start of a volume. Subscribers also have access to the online edition. This rate is applicable to volume 36.	GBP 18.00 per year, or GBP 6.00 per month. This rate is applicable for 2010.
Shipping and handling charges	Free to UK addresses. GBP 3.00 per volume to Western Europe (see list). GBP 6.00 to rest of world.	Not applicable
Agency discount	none	none
Tax charges	None. VAT is not charged on subscriptions because BCRA is not registered for VAT
Publishing schedule	C&KS is published nominally three times a year in April, August and December. However, due to extreme pressure of work, our volunteer staff have had difficulty in maintaining this schedule. The estimated date of publication of the next issue is given above. Agencies please note: The publication dates are no longer tied to a calendar year. If you wish to place an order in advance of publication, please make is clear which volume of C&KS you require. Please do not specify the year of publication as this just leads to confusion.	Online issues should appear at the same time as the print edition
Despatch schedule	The paper version C&KS is shipped to all BCRA members and subscribers who have elected to receive it. You do not need to be a member of BCRA to subscribe to the periodical. Individual back-issues are available. BCRA membership runs from January to December. Unless members notify us to request otherwise, members receive only the periodicals that are published during the period of their membership. Non-member Subscriptions to C&KS run for a complete volume and are back-dated to the start of the volume.	The online version of C&KS is accessible to all BCRA members and subscribers. You do not need to be a member of BCRA to subscribe to the online publication. Subscribers to the online publication will have access to all online content, as it becomes available, although at present BCRA does not have enough volunteer effort to assemble online versions of back-issues.

Speleology ISSN 1478-999X

Title	Speleology
Sub-title	The Bulletin of British Caving
URL	http://bcra.org.uk/speleology
medium	Print (An online version is not yet available)
ISSN	1478-999X
Current issue	14
Cover date	August 2009
Date mailed	August 2009
Expected date of next issue	Now estimated to be late March 2010 for Issue 15
Subscription fee	GBP 10.00 for three issues. Subscriptions run for any three consecutive issues, usually commencing with the first issue to be published after a subscription payment is received. This rate is applicable to 2010 issues.
Shipping and handling charges	Free to UK addresses. GBP 3.00 per volume to Western Europe (see list). GBP 6.00 to rest of world.
Agency discount	none
Tax charges	none. VAT is not charged on subscriptions because BCRA is not registered for VAT
Publishing schedule	Speleology is published nominally three times a year in April, August and December. However, due to extreme pressure of work, our volunteer staff have had difficulty in maintaining this schedule. The estimated date of publication of the next issue is given above. Agencies please note: The publication dates are no longer tied to a calendar year. If you wish to place an order in advance of publication, please make is clear which issues of Speleology you require. Please do not specify the year of publication as this just leads to confusion.
Despatch schedule	Speleology is shipped to all BCA and BCRA members and subscribers who have elected to receive it. You do not need to be a member of BCA or BCRA to subscribe to the periodical. Individual back-issues are available. BCRA membership runs from January to December. Unless members notify us to request otherwise, members receive only the periodicals that are published during the period of their membership. Non-member Subscriptions to Speleology run for any three consecutive issues.

CREG Journal ISSN 1361-4800

Title	Cave Radio & Electronics Group journal
Sub-title
URL	http://bcra.org.uk/creg/jnl
medium	Print (An online version is not yet available)
ISSN	1361-4800
Current issue	72
Cover date	August 2009
Date mailed	17 September 2009
Expected date of next issue	Now estimated to be late April 2010 for issue 73
Subscription rate	Please see http://bcra.org.uk/creg
Publishing schedule	The CREG journal is published nominally four times a year in March, June, September and December. However, due to extreme pressure of work, our volunteer staff have had difficulty in maintaining this schedule. The estimated date of publication of the next issue is given above.
Despatch schedule	The CREG journal is not a membership benefit of BCRA. It shipped only to "subscribers". You do not need to be a member of BCRA to subscribe to the periodical. Individual back-issues are available. Subscriptions to the CREG journal run for any four consecutive issues.

Compass Points ISSN 1361-8962

Title	Compass Points
Sub-title	The journal of the BCRA Cave Surveying Group
URL	http://bcra.org.uk/csg
medium	Print (The print version is also available as a free PDF download)
ISSN	1361-8962
Current issue	39
Cover date	March 2008
Date mailed	January 2009
Expected date of next issue	not known for issue 40. Contact editor.
Subscription rate	Please see http://bcra.org.uk/csg
Publishing schedule	Compass Points is published nominally three times a year in March, July and November. However, due to extreme pressure of work, our volunteer staff have had difficulty in maintaining this schedule. The estimated date of publication of the next issue is given above.
Despatch schedule	Compass Points is not a membership benefit of BCRA. It shipped only to "subscribers". The print version is also available as a free PDF download. You do not need to be a member of BCRA to subscribe to the printed periodical. Individual back-issues are available. Subscriptions to Compass Points run for any four consecutive issues.

BCRA Newsletter

Title	BCRA Newsletter
Sub-title
URL	http://bcra.org.uk/news
medium	Print (The print version is also available as a free PDF download)
ISSN	None allocated to this ephemeral publication
Current issue	9
Cover date	May 2008
Date mailed	May 2008
Expected date of next issue	BCRA Council has been unable to find a volunteer editor to replace David Gibson, who resigned in May 2008, and so it has been decided to discontinue production of a newsletter on paper. See BCRA Newsletter for further information.
Publishing schedule	The BCRA newsletter is intended to be published three times a year, in April, August and December, i.e. shortly after the Council Meetings that are in March, June and November. However, due to extreme pressure of work, our volunteer staff have had difficulty in maintaining this schedule. The estimated date of publication of the next issue is given above.
Despatch schedule	The BCRA newsletter is shipped only to members of BCRA and (currently) BCA. The print version is also available as a free PDF download. Subscriptions to the newsletter from non-members are not accepted. Individual back-issues are not available.

Bulletin Bibliographique Spéléologique

Title	Bulletin Bibliographique Spéléologique
Sub-title	Speleological Abstracts
URL	ssslib.ch/bbs
medium	Print and CD-ROM
ISSN	?
Current issue	44
Cover date	2005
Date published	July 2008
Expected date of next issue	Please refer to UIS website at ssslib.ch/bbs
Publishing schedule	Please refer to UIS website at ssslib.ch/bbs
Despatch schedule	BBS/SA is not a BCRA publication. It is published by the Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) in Switzerland. BCRA used to supply BBS/SA to its members free of charge but this is no longer the case. You can purchase issues up to number 44 from BCRA (see form P1) but please note that we will not be stocking issues after number 44, and we no longer accept subscription requests, which should be made to the publisher at ssslib.ch/bbs/

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