Nov 01 2000
November 1, 2000 - vol. 1, no. 2 - ISSN 1532-0839
Welcome back to Info Career Trends! Since our inaugural September issue, we’ve grown to reach over 650 subscribers who are interested in furthering their own career development.
This jam-packed issue focuses entirely on writing for publication in the library environment. Print it out, pass it to [...]
Nov 01 2000
by Mary E. Johnson These comments come from my personal experiences as a librarian, an author and an editor.
I learned decades ago as an undergraduate English major that the two basic elements in any piece of writing are form and content.
In the journal literature, form is somewhat determined by the editor or publisher. Any prospective [...]
Nov 01 2000
ICT: How has the WebWatch column evolved since its inception in 1996?
NO: WebWatch was inaugurated in February, 1996 by Boyd Collins, information technology librarian at Rutgers University. He gave up the column after January 1997, due to his increased workload. We didn’t have a candidate to replace him, and, given that reviewing the web [...]
Nov 01 2000
by Rory Litwin When I was first asked to contribute a piece about my experiences editing and publishing Library Juice for this issue on writing for publication, I was somewhat skeptical. What you read below may be somewhat different than the rest of the articles in the issue, but my experiences editing and publishing Library [...]
Nov 01 2000
ICT: What’s the first step for someone interested in publishing with ALA Editions?
TB: There are two main ways we find authors. First, we generally seek out authors — part of an editor’s job is to find new authors by scanning the field, keeping up with what is going on at conferences and by reading [...]
Nov 01 2000
by Marisa Urgo The books were delivered to my work address. The mail clerk walked into my office and dropped a heavy box on my desk. At first I thought, “What’s this?” I couldn’t recall having ordered anything, but then I saw the return address and my spine tingled. I tore into the box — [...]
Nov 01 2000
by Melanie C. Duncan Eight years ago, I started my first position as a reference librarian in a small public library. The library director handed me a stack of Library Journals and Booklists and suggested that I choose some titles for the collection. I immediately wanted to buy all of the books, but budgetary concerns [...]
Nov 01 2000
More and more, professional communication takes place online. Several web sites give librarians insight into writing for the web. Among these, take a look at Spinster’s Guide to Writing for the Web and Mark Stover’s The Librarian as Publisher.
Self Love and Joy and Satisfaction in Librarianship by Jennifer Cram. Not related to publishing, but an [...]
Nov 01 2000
Schroeder, Carol F., and Gloria G. Roberson, eds. Guide to Publishing Opportunities for Librarians. New York: Haworth Press, 1995. ISBN 1-56024-348-1. $54.95.
Reviewed by Sarah Nesbeitt
Why should you bother consulting a directory of library-oriented serials that by now is five years old? While it’s true that many of the addresses and costs listed in this [...]
Nov 01 2000
Larsen, Michael. How to Write a Book Proposal. Cincinnatti: Writers Digest Books, 1997. ISBN 0-89879-771-3. $14.99.
Literary agent Michael Larsen provides a thorough step-by-step introduction to the art of writing, formatting, and submitting book proposals. Although his tips are aimed largely at writing proposals for a general market, his instructions on how properly to create [...]