My first journal, Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, is a collection of more than 100,000 'abstracts of international conservation literature'. These abstracts cover topics from the more general issues in conservation to things like history, ethics and policy of architectural preservation or to the more specialised topics like building materials, processes of deterioration and treatments used on materials to prevent them from degrading.
Another one of my journals, Info-Link (New Zealand and South Pacific: Quarterly Review of Architectural, Interior Design and Construction Products), is basically a directory for the architecture, building, construction and design sectors. On their website, Info-Link provides a 'comprehensive central online source containing the latest product, company and industry news updates'. They also make it very easy for the site users to locate the goods and/or services they require from specific product and service areas.
Australia also has an Info-Link (Australia's Architecture, Construction and Design Directory). The intention of the Australian Info-Link is similar, if not the same as the New Zealand one - as they want to promote products and services to design and building professionals (i.e. Architects, Designers, Builders, etc). They have a website which explains the magazine's intentions more clearly than the New Zealand one.
My last journal, Research Design Connections (RDC: The knowledge tool to create great places), is a magazine based on research. RDC has recognised that it is becoming more and more important to base design decisions on 'rigorous research'. Within this journal, high-quality recent research is translated from scientific notes into everyday language so that their (RDC's) subscribers can understand and learn of the new information.
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