August
2, 2005
Broadview Press
Acquires Garamond Press
Broadview Press,
Inc., an internationally-oriented Canadian-based publisher of books
aimed at the higher education textbook market, has acquired Garamond
Press Ltd., a small, privately-held Canadian publisher, the first independent
Canadian company to publish exclusively for the post-secondary market.
This is Broadview's first acquisition of another publishing company.
"Garamond's books are a great match for Broadview because they
are aimed at the higher education market, and because they are largely
aimed at courses in Sociology, one of the six core disciplines for which
Broadview currently publishes, and related subjects such as Communications
Studies, Women's Studies, Political Economy and Social Work," says
Broadview President and CEO Michael Harrison. Garamond Press publisher
Peter Saunders is also pleased with the sale: "It's been a privilege
to publish these excellent authors over the years, and I am delighted
they are now in good hands at Broadview." The acquisition is effective
retroactively to May 1, 2005.
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Four Scholarly
Publishers Sign on with ArticleWorks
Four scholarly publishers
have signed on with Cadmus Communications Corporation for the Cadmus
ArticleWorks content on demand delivery system. They include the American
Society for Clinical Nutrition, American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology (ASBMB), The Endocrine Society, and Pharmacotherapy
Publications. ArticleWorks is used by publishers to support individual
article sales in both electronic PDF and print on demand formats. Individual
article sales are an increasingly important component of the STM publishing
model to support non-subscriber sales, commercial sales programs, educational
course packs, and other uses. Articles purchased in electronic PDF format
are protected using ArticleWorks' RapidRights(TM) solution which secures
articles from unauthorized access. Readers may also purchase high-quality,
digitally printed copies of the articles which are delivered within
two days of placing an order.
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Network with
Other Scientists Via a Science Blog
Although still rare
in the science world, blogs, short for web logs, are popping up on the
Web. They are allowing scientists to share their findings with other
scientists in an informal format and even receive feedback. Here is
just a sampling of the science blogs currently available:
http://bioinformatics.org
http://www.biologynews.net
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/index.php
http://www.scienceboard.net/community/blogs.asp
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/research/weblog/cat_genomics.php
http://alifeinscience.blogspot.com
http://www.biotechblog.com
http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/plexus
Set up your own
free web log at http://www.blogger.com
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TAA Convention
receives high marks
The majority of
those attending the 2005 TAA Convention in Las Vegas this June gave
the convention high marks. Most of the sessions were given an excellent
or good rating. One attendee called it "a very good convention
for newbies and veterans."
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TAA to investigate
Amazon Search Inside
TAA Council Member
Steve Gillen and TAA Executive Director Richard Hull agreed to look
into Amazon's Search Inside feature, which allows people to download
and print the entire content of books from the Amazon site, and make
a recommendation on whether TAA should join with other organizations
to protest it. Gillen and Hull will report their findings to the TAA
Council's Executive Committee.
The Science Fiction
Writer's Association is currently drafting guidelines, which they are
calling COCOA (Copyright Owner's Control of Access protocol), that would
give both publishers and authors the ability to set limits on what's
visible. The SFWA asked TAA to join the committee drafting the COCOA
protocol.
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Journal Editor
Shares Advice on Getting Articles Published
Don't get discouraged
because your journal article is rejected, said Jay Black, editor of
the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and professor of journalism ethics
at the University of South Florida during a TAA Convention panel, "An
Insider's Guide to Getting Your Scholarly Articles Published."
"Your correspondence with editors should be enough to let you know
where to go with it next," he said. "Even worse is to shelve
a 'revise and resubmit' request from an editor. The fact that they asked
you to resubmit means that they see quality there and want to work with
you."
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Key Element in
Grant Writing is Attitude
The key element
in grant writing is attitude, said Kenneth Henson, distinguished professor
at the Citadel's School of Education, and author of a new book by Allyn
& Bacon, Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step-by-Step Guide. "You
have to believe that you can take it as far as you want to as long as
you're willing to work hard," said Henson, during his TAA Convention
presentation, "Grant Writing in Higher Education," in Las
Vegas, June 22. "If you don't have a belief in your ability to
succeed, it's not going to happen."
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2006 TAA Convention:
New Orleans
The 2006 TAA Convention
will be held in New Orleans July 7 and 8. Chris Harris will serve as
convention chair.
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