December
18,
2007
Open Access
Journal site launched
Academic publisher
SAGE and the Hindawi Publishing Corporation entered into an agreement
to jointly launch and publish a suite of fully Open Access (OA)
journals. SAGE will have sole responsibility for the editorial
development, marketing, and promotion of the new journals while
Hindawi will provide the technology and expertise needed to run
the publication process from the point of submission, through
the peer-review process, to the point of final publication. Under
the model, all SAGE-Hindawi journal articles will be made freely
available online via the Hindawi platform, funded by author charges.
SAGE is the world's fifth largest journal publisher, with over
485 journals in the humanities, social sciences, science, technology,
and medicine. Hindawi currently publishes more than 100 Open Access
journals covering a wide range of subjects in science, technology,
and medicine. The SAGE-Hindawi platform will be launched at Information
Online 2007, December 4-6 in London.
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Attend
international 'Designs for Learning' Conference
The first
international "Designs for Learning" Conference will be held March
3-4, 2008 at Stockholm University in Sweden. Designs for learning
has a clear focus on learners in their making and transformation
of knowledge. The conference will debate necessary conceptions
of learning, agency, modes and media in relation to meaning making
in formal and informal sites of learning.
The conference
will be organized around presentations of theoretical perspectives,
research methodologies and empirical findings. Additionally, workshops
will be organized around specific areas of interest. For more
information, visit http://www.didaktikdesign.nu/conference.htm
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Members
share sample textbook proposals
Not sure what
information to provide in your textbook proposal? View these sample
textbook proposals submitted by TAA members: Click
here (members only)
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Writer's
Block: 'Enacting the Scholar Role'
As you sit
down to write, do you find yourself staring for hours at an empty
computer screen or doing anything but writing? There is a solution:
Enacting the role of the scholar. Obviously, this is simple enough
to say, but what does a scholar do? Being a scholar involves two
kinds of work-coming up with ideas and sharing them with others.
You may have excellent ideas, but until you document those ideas
so they can be scrutinized by others, those ideas don't become
part of the conversation of a discipline. If you want to adopt
the scholar role, then, you must not only come up with ideas but
make them permanent by writing them down. William Waters and Sonja
K. Foss, authors of "Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide
to a Done Dissertation," encourage authors to put aside the distractions
that are keeping them from writing and "enact the scholar role":
Click here
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How-to
on publishing a seminar paper
You're in
graduate school, and you get back a seminar paper with the comment
from your professor: "Very interesting treatment. Why don't you
publish it?" The Director of Graduate Studies for your department
has made noises about "the professional turn," namely, writing
for publication and not merely to demonstrate to the professor
what you know. While you had a vague idea of what was meant, this
is the first indication you have that you may be in the turn.
What do you do now? TAA Executive Director Richard Hull tells
how to turn your seminar paper into a publication: Click
here
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New Authors
Asking Q&A's: Copyright Issues and the Internet, Journal Page
Charges, Writer's Rituals, Dissertation Topics
Authors
Asking Q&A section (members only)
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2008 TAA
Conference registration forms now online
2008 TAA Conference
registration is $195 for members before May 1, 2008 and $245 after.
Non-member registration is $245 before May 1, 2008, and $295 after.
Register using TAA's secure online registration form or download
and print a PDF of the form: Click
here. The conference will be held at Harrah's in Las Vegas,
June 19-21. Rooms are $99 per night if booked before May 19, 2008.
For more information about the 2008 TAA Conference on Text and
Academic Authoring, click
here.
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Seeking
ideas, moderators for 2008 TAA Conference Roundtable Discussions
We are seeking
volunteer moderators for several "Roundtable Discussions" at the
2008 TAA Conference, which will he held on Friday, June 20. We
also need some additional ideas for discussions, especially for
academic authors. Moderators should be knowledgeable on the topic
and able to share some basic information and advice in a short
handout, as well as lead the discussion. Discussions will take
place in conjunction with a boxed lunch.
We need
moderators for the following discussions:
Topics
for textbook authors:
"Authoring
K-12 Books" (issues unique to K-12 authoring)
"Preparing
the Next Edition" (advice, tips on how to prepare for writing
the next edition, how students can help shape the new edition,
working with editors, developmental editors, etc. when writing
a new edition)
"Working
With A Co-Author" (how to choose a co-author, how to divide responsibilities,
advantages and disadvantages of having a coauthor, collaborative
writing software options, how to be a good coauthor)
"Creating
a Successful Author-editor Relationship" (how to form a good relationship
with your editor and why that's important)
"Self-publishing"
(why self-publish?; how to market your work -- different methods;
designing covers and page layouts; advantages and disadvantages)
Also: Writing
textbooks for a particular discipline
For
academic authors:
"Getting
Your Scholarly Article Published" (a discussion leading from the
first day's workshop on scholarly writing)
"Writing
an Academic Book/Scholarly Monograph"
Also: Discussions
by discipline
If you are
interested in moderating a discussion, or have an idea for a discussion,
please contact Kim Pawlak, TAA's Associate Executive Director,
at (608) 687-3106 or kmpawlak@centurytel.net
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TAA welcomes
new members
Jerry D. Wilson,
Sarah Banks, Corrie Burdick, Janet Burge, Gene Deerman, Kelly
Donnell, Bruce Fischer, Ramona Freeman, James Hammons, Linda Hoeptner-Poling,
Judith Hunt, Todd Levine, Kelli Lyon Johnson, Pam Neely, Kaman
Njoroge, Bridget O'Rourke, Walter Pechnuk, Jeffrey Pellegrino,
Ruth Pflueger, Ebru Reis, Christopher Rios, Susan Robison, Francis
Schortgen, Lisa Sheehan-Smith, Harvey Thurmer, Maisha Wester,
Jennifer Woodard
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TAA thanks
sustaining members
Kevin T. Patton
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Become
a TAA Mentor
TAA's online
Mentor-a-Member program allows members to match themselves with
veteran academic and textbook authors using an online directory.
Mentors share their contact information (you can choose to be
contacted by e-mail, phone or mail only, or all three), bio and
the topics they're willing to mentor on. Become a TAA mentor by
filling out a short form on the Mentor-a-Member page (click
here) or contact Associate Executive Director Kim Pawlak at
kmpawlak@centurytel.net
or (608) 687-3106.
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Read current
TAA News Alerts and archives on TAA web site
You can read
the current TAA News Alert and archived issues of the TAA News
Alert on the TAA website: Click
here
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