Join us for the 2007 TAA Conference at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in downtown Buffalo, NY, June 22-23

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Preliminary Conference Schedule now available
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Book Raffle
IIL Publishing, New York will raffle four books at the 2007 TAA Conference
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Coming to Buffalo? Put these two books on your reading list
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Trip to Niagara Falls by Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic)
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Mentoring Sessions
Several veteran authors have agreed to serve as mentors at the conference. Attendees will be able to sign up at the conference registration desk for 15-minute sessions with a mentor. A list of mentors will be available soon.

Roundtable Discussions Luncheon
Saturday, June 23
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Choose from 10 different moderated roundtable discussions related to textbook and academic authoring.
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Dinner at The Anchor Bar
Thursday, June 21, 6 p.m.
The restaurant where Buffalo-style wings were invented
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Buffalo, NY Waterfront Tour
Friday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take a guided tour of the Buffalo waterfront
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Karpeles Manuscript Musuem and Library Tour
Friday, June 22, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
View Walt Disney illustrations and documents, among others
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Social Networking Event: A Chartered 3-hour Dinner Cruise Aboard the Grand Lady
Friday, June 22, 6:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Four-hour Guided Tour to Niagara Falls (American side)
Saturday, June 23, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tour full.
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Free one-on-one sessions with an authoring attorney or literary agent
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Click here for information from the 2006 TAA Convention:

• Articles
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• Photo Gallery

Archive of past conventions

Presenting Publishable Papers  

Moderator:
Mary Jo Orzech, PhD., Interim Director of Drake Memorial Library and Director of Information Technology Support Services at SUNY Brockport

Attendees will share tips on turning conference presentations into publishable articles. The good news is that much of the groundwork has been done — frequently an abstract already exists. Powerpoint slides can provide an outline and the literature search may already be completed. Knowing publisher's guidelines for targeted journals is important to read ahead of time as an organizing tool. Adhering to length and format requirements can prevent problems down the road. Proofreading for spelling, grammatical and other stylistic issues can be critical to getting past the article review stage. Camera-ready clean copy makes a big difference. Allowing sufficient time and setting weekly milestones can help alleviate a hurried finished product. Organizing drafts by date and keeping back-ups of files makes subsequent editorial changes easier to tackle.

About the Moderator: 

Mary Jo Orzech, PhD. is Interim Director of Drake Memorial Library and Director of Information Technology Support Services at SUNY Brockport. Orzech has reviewed presentations for the SUNY Conference on Instructional Technology (CIT) and articles for the Special CIT Issue of the Journal of Educational Technology Systems (JETS). She also served as a 2006 reviewer for the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges - Northwest Region conference. Her writing interests include technology, education, higher education planning and assessment.

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