October
10, 2006
Open access
journal to debut next month
The first issue
of "PLoS ONE", an international, peer-reviewed, open-access online publication
from the Public Library of Science (PLoS), will debut next month. PLoS
is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed
to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available
public resource: www.plos.org
The journal is offering
a reduced publication fee ($750, rather than its $1,250 fee) for papers
submitted before the launch of the journal. Articles published by "PLoS
ONE" are immediately and freely available online. Copyright is retained
by the author.
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Blogs
related to academic authoring
"Changing Way" http://changingway.net/archives/category/academic/
ABD Anonymous: AA:
A Twelve-Step Program for Dissertation Writers/Graduate Students http://abdanonymous.typepad.com/
BlogScholar: An
Academic Blogging Portal http://www.blogscholar.com/
Dissertation Hell:
A Place to Rant Publicly but Anonymously on the Many Tortures of Writing
a Dissertation http://disshell.blogspot.com/
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Fellowships
& Grants listing
A list of Fellowship
and Grants for 2007-08 from "The Chronicle of Higher Education," October
2, 2006 available on the TAA site: Click
here
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Discounted
editing services for members
As a courtesy to
its members, TAA has asked several companies to provide their editing
services at a discount to TAA members. See the list of companies offering
discounted services such as developmental editing, copyediting, text
formatting, reference checking and formatting, publications consulting,
assistance with scholarly articles, book chapters, textbooks, scholarly
books, conference papers, and grant applications here.
Click
here for the editing services list (members only area)
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TAA membership
satisfaction survey
TAA is seeking members'
feedback through an online Membership Satisfaction Survey. Please click
here to fill out the survey. Your answers will help us determine
ways in which TAA can better serve your needs. If you have any questions
about the survey, please contact Kim Pawlak, Associate Executive Director
at kmpawlak@centurytel.net.
Your response to this online survey will be sent anonymously unless
you fill out the form at the end of the survey indicating that you are
willing to be contacted.
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New Q&A's
added to 'Authors Asking'
New questions on
various aspects of academic authoring answered by TAA member experts
have been added to TAA's Authors Asking section. The new Q&A's include
information on how to avoid journal rejections; how to select a publisher
for an article based on a dissertation; how to approach a publisher
about publishing conference proceedings; what goes into a good book
proposal; the definition of camera-ready copy; how to write a winning
grant proposal; and more. Read the new Q&A's here.
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2007 Conference
committee needs more volunteers
Ten people have
agreed to serve on TAA's 2007 Conference Committee. We still need at
least four more volunteers. If you are interested in serving on the
Academic Session Track sub-committee, the Social Networking Event sub-committee,
the Publicity sub-committe, the Friday Awards Luncheon sub-committee
or the Saturday Roundtable Luncheon sub-committee, please contact Kim
Pawlak, Associate Executive Director, at kmpawlak@centurytel.net
or (608) 687-3106 by Wednesday, October 11.
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Gift Memberships
TAA member Richard
Hull gave a gift membership to Elizabeth Boepple. Thanks Richard! Welcome
Elizabeth!
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TAA
welcomes new members
Greg Arandaa, Elizabeth
Boepple and David Lancy.
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Sustaining Members
The following members
renewed at the Sustaining Member level ($150): David G. Myers. Thank
you!
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Search the TAA
website
TAA recently added
a Google-powered internal search engine to its website. Put in your
search terms (e.g. textbooks, journals, grant writing, etc.) and relevant
pages on the TAA website that contain those terms will be shown on Google.
Go to the TAA home page to begin your search.
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Renew your membership
online!
TAA has just launched
a new online member form that will allow members to renew online using
a secure server. The form can also be used by new members. Check it
out in the TAA Member Center here.
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