AN ESSENTIAL COURSE FOR ALL YOUR JOURNAL EDITORS
Places still available but please note that this course is booking up fast:
How to be a Successful Journal Editor
Thursday 25 - Friday 26 March 2010, Oxford
A 1.5 day course for Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and Managing Editors.
Organised by PSP Consulting in association with ALPSP and supported by the European
Association of Science Editors (EASE <http://www.ease.org.uk/> ).
Many editors may have excellent academic knowledge, but do they know how to maximise
the potential of their journal - meeting the needs of authors, readers,
owners/publishers and the public (industry, professions, researchers and others)?
This course has been run for 13 years, during which time it has successfully trained
over 250 medical editors. It has now been adapted for editors in other disciplines.
Delegate Comment:
An excellent interactive course. Teaching and presentation excellent, 2009 delegate.
Overview
Editors are expected to not only accredit good content, but to take an active role in
managing, developing and promoting their publication in both print and online. To be
successful takes not only excellent academic knowledge and judgement, but also
understanding of how to maximise the potential of a journal.
This course is designed to allow editors the space to meet peers and discuss
successful techniques for developing their journal - meeting the needs of authors,
readers, their publishers and the public (industry, professions, research, etc.).
Course objectives
By the end of the two days, editors will have an action plan for their journal, to
help them manage their workflows, develop the journal strengths and minimise its
weaknesses.
They will also be able to:
* identify strategies for increasing the success of their journal;
* apply a range of techniques to attract - and keep - high calibre authors;
* use a range of techniques to increase the chances of the journal
being read and understood;
* understand the importance of transparent and accurate reporting of scientific
content;
* set up copy flow and reviewing systems that will meet the needs
of journal, authors and readers;
* understand the roles of the editor in relation to the journal owner and
publisher, their authors, and the public;
* understand and meet their ethical responsibilities.
Programme
1. Editors & the world of publishing -
understanding the world of journals, building strategies for dealing with owners and
publishers, what being an editor means.
2. Enhancing readership -
choosing the 'right' balance of contents, using design to influence readership,
improving the likelihood of text being read and understood.
3. Attracting good authors -
setting up strategies to encourage good authors and to keep them, establishing smooth
production and reviewing systems.
4. Keeping the public's trust -
managing pressures from different outside sources, ethics and the responsibilities of
editing, juggling workloads.
A guest speaker will give an after-dinner talk at the workshop dinner.
Who should attend (and who should not)
This course is most suitable for those in the early stages of their careers as an
editor, and those wishing to meet others performing the same role in other
publications.
The course is not aimed at those looking for a course on writing articles, technical
editing or peer review/critical appraisal.
Further information: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=145066
<http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=145066>
Other editorial courses:
The Journal Editorial Office, London, 19th May, 2010
Delegate comments:
'Very systematic and well organised course with lots of useful information for
practical work.'
R. Majetic, Carnet Publishers
'Good overview of how the editorial department works and good introduction to the peer
review process (comparing how different publishers work is also helpful).'
E. Qin, Portland Press
Further information:
http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=145079
Courses for 2010 are on our web site at: www.alpsp-training.org
<http://www.alpsp-training.org/>
Barbara Holmes
Training Administrator
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
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Tel: +44 (0) 1993 772 727
ALPSP Web Site: www.alpsp.org <http://www.alpsp.org/>
ALPSP is a Company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales
Registration Number:4081634.
Registered Office: 1-3 Ship Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5DH UK
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