Course: Writing for Academic Publication
Course Code: ANLTC 2010/01
Date: Wednesday 3 February 2010
Venue Seminar Room 2, John Paul 2 Library, NUI Maynooth
Time: 9.30 – 4.30
Description: Writing for academic publication offers library staff an opportunity to share experiences, research, opinions and practice with colleagues nationally and internationally. While this course focused primarily on writing for journals, other forms of publication such as book reviews, book chapters and conference papers will be touched on. The course has a strong practical emphasis and participants will do an outline and begin to draft an article during the workshop.
Audience: The course is for library staff who wish to write for publication.
The morning session is a workshop. Following lunch, librarians who have published will share their experience and a journal editor will give tips and practical guidance on maximising the chances of publishing
By the end of the course participants will have:
- A clear understanding of the different requirements for publishing in peer-reviewed and professional journals
- Explored methods for identifying suitable topics and different writing approaches for different audiences
- Practiced a range of techniques for generating ideas and structuring articles
- Examined factors which contribute to style and writing flow
- Gained first hand experience from a journal editor of reasons for accepting/rejecting manuscripts and how to maximize your chance of acceptance
- Drawn up an outline and commenced drafting draft an article
- Gained familiarity with a range of wikis and blogs to support librarians as academic writers
- Identified two peer-support people from the group to help progress their writing
Note: Numbers are limited to 16
Cost: €120
Presenters: Helen Fallon (NUI Maynooth) will present the workshop.
Guest speakers are Dr. John Cullen (NUI Maynooth) a former librarian who has published extensively and Marjory Sliney (Editor, An Leabharlann)
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