December
10, 2006
'Textbook
Writing 101'
Read textbook
author M. Garrett Bauman's humorous and informative article on
why you should consider writing a textbook on the Chronicle of
Higher Education website: Click
here
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'Can
Plot Improve Pedagogy?'
Some textbook
authors are introducing plot into their textbooks. Read "Can
Plot Improve Pedagog? Novel Textbooks Give It A Try" (May
11, 2001) on the Chronicle of Higher Education website: Click
here
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TAAF receives
three $1,000 donations
Text and
Academic Authors Foundation (TAAF) Board Members Michael Sullivan,
a mathematics author, and Kären Matison Hess, a criminal
justice textbook author, and TAA Executive Director Richard Hull
have all recently made $1,000 donations to the Foundation.
"The very
generous gifts of these members are most appreciated,"
said TAAF Board Chair Michael Lennie, who also recently made
a $750 donation to the Foundation. "Not only do Karen and Michael
devote many volunteer hours as Board members, but by their gifts
they demonstrate a real commitment to the worthy goals of
TAAF to make text and academic authorship an even more honorable
and diverse profession. We hope their selfless
example will provide encouragement to others, both members
of TAA, and all those interested in quality instructional materials
and scholarship, to build the corpus of the TAA Foundation."
Sullivan
said: "TAA, and its Foundation TAAF, provide important information
and education for creators of intellectual property. It is vital
that this work continue and for that a solid financial base is
required."
As a charter
member of TAA, Hess said, she has always felt supported and encouraged
by it: "I wholeheartedly believe in the mission of the
foundation: to support the creation and the creators of quality
educational and academic materials. I have been amply rewarded
financially through my writing and would like to support the efforts
of others in this small way."
Said Hull:
"The TAA Foundation, beginning to gain a head of steam, deserves
the chance to show its leadership in redefining the role of the
textbook in American education. Textbooks have become political
pawns of special interest groups. I believe TAAF has the potential
to help lead textbook authoring and selection back into the realm
of accurate presentation and interpretation of facts, as determined
by dedicated historians and scientists of the human condition.
It is a pleasure to be able to support its efforts."
As a result
of their gifts, Sullivan, Hess and Hull have become charter members
of the TAAF Founder's Society, which recognizes annual gifts to
the Foundation of $1,000 to $4,999. Lennie becomes a charter member
of the TAAF President's Society. As members of these Societies,
they will receive an invitation to a special event held the evening
before the 2007 TAA Conference, special insider e-mail news alerts
reporting TAA and TAAF news and information before the rest of
the membership, an inscribed fountain pen, and free admission
to the TAA Conference.
Click
here for more information about the Text
and Academic Authors Foundation.
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Ginsberg
gives first Academic Authoring Workshop at NMSU
Robert Ginsberg
presented his first TAA-sponsored Academic Authoring Workshop
at New Mexico State University on Dec. 8, 2006. Tara Gray, presenter
of the "Publish & Flourish: Become A Prolific Scholar Worskhop,"
who attended Ginsberg's workshop at NMSU, had this to say about
his presentation: "Bob Ginsberg's workshop is full of practical,
thoughtful advice from a prolific scholar and a journal editor
of many years. He gives a lively, entertaining presentation. I
recommend to you this highly interactive, informative workshop."
Learn more about Ginsberg's workshop: Click
here
Click
here for more feedback on Ginsberg's workshop.
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Call for
presentation proposals
TAA is seeking
proposals for its 2007 TAA Conference in Buffalo, NY, June 22-23.
View the Call for Proposals in the TAA
Conference section. The deadline for proposals is January
12, 2007
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McKeague
Notable Author updated
Read mathematics
author Pat McKeague's updated Notable Author profile here.
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TAA welcomes
new members
Rae Andre,
Scott Harr, Magdalena Peña
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TAA chooses
conference keynoter
Dan Heath,
co-author of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others
Die, published by Random House in January 2007, will give
the keynote presentation at the 2007 TAA Conference on Text and
Academic Authoring in Buffalo, NY June 22-23. Heath's presentation,
"Made to Stick: The Six Hooks of Successful Ideas" will discuss
the six principle tools that can help us make our own messages
stick with people that hear or read them (Simplicity-Unexpectedness-
Concreteness-Credibility-Emotions-Stories). Many essential messages
don't stick. What all good educators want is for their message
to stay with people and motivate them to act. Heath's presentation
looks at "naturally sticky ideas" and is based on his
book. Learn more in the TAA
Conference section.
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Listen
to podcast of TAA convention session
The Copyright
Clearance Center has added an audio podcast of its 2005 TAA Conference
session "What Are Publishers Looking For In Authors"
on its Beyond the Bookcast website: feed://feeds.feedburner.com/Beyondthebookcastcom
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New Authors
Asking Q&A
A TAA member
recently asked us what happens to books in inventory or those
under contract when publishers sell lists to other publishers.
Three experts share their answers: Click
here
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Grant
news
Members
only section: Click
here
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BTAA: Mara
D. Neusel
Mara D. Neusel
recently published a new textbook, Invariant Theory, Student
Mathematical Library, Vol 36, American Mathematical Society,
Providence, RI.
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Why Buffalo,
NY for the 2007 TAA Conference?
Visit the
TAA Conference section
to find out.
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Sustaining
members
TAA thanks
the following members for renewing at the Sustaining Member level:
Kevin Patton ($150) and Charles S. Williams ($150).
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Contributing
members
TAA thanks
the following members for renewing at the Contributing Member
level: Fred S. Kleiner ($100).
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'Rumblings
of a Dissertation Writer'
Visit the
Chronicle of Higher Education website to read Ms. Mentor's column
on how to overcome writer's block when working on your dissertation.
click
here for link to the article (members only)
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Author's
Resource Center
Have an authoring
question? Get an answer from the authoring experts at TAA: TEXT@tampabay.rr.com
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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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