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Faculty Skill Building for Research and Creative Activities: Publishing & Presentation

PPB Guide

Writing skills development

Editing/Proofreading:  Leslie Delserone, Deb Pearson, Dana Boden

Copyediting: Laura Weakly

Negotiate adequate timeline for proofreading.

 

 

Scholarly Publishing

Digital Publishing: Paul Royster

Digital Commons & Author Rights: Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner

Book Publishing:  Paul Royster, Suping Lu, Andrew Jewell, Kathy Johnson

Indexing: Suping Lu

Promoting publications: Joanie Barnes

Journal selection

Selecting the right journal based on prestige, impact factor, percentage acceptance, audience, Eigen Factor: David Tyler

Consult department chair for advice.

JOURNAL TITLES IN WHICH University of Nebraska-Lincoln LIBRARIES FACULTY PUBLISHED

Refereed Journals
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian
Collaborative Librarianship
Collection Management
College & Research Libraries News
College and Undergrduate Libraries
Deportate, esuli, profughe, Rivista telematica di studi sulla memoria femminile, (Feminist Studies on Gender, Nation and Militarism) a journal of Universitá Ca’Foscari, a university in Venice, Italy Government Information Quarterly Health Information & Libraries Journal
Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Resources
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Comunication
Journal of Library Administration
Journal of Nanjing Massacre Research
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Journal of the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science
Journal of Web Librarianship
Legal Reference Services Quarterly
Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services
Library Hi Tech
Library management
Library Philosophy and Practice
Library Resources and Technical Services
Literary & Linguistic Computing
Music in Art
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
PNLA Quarterly
Portal: Libraries and the Academy
Reference & User Service Quarterly
Scholarly Editing
Technical Services Quarterly
Texas Studies in Literature and Language

Journals
CWSP & COM Gazette
Readex Report
Research on the Nanjing Massacre
Synergy
The Chronicles of Oklahoma
Willa Cather Newletter and Review

People to help

Tools to use

Journal Citation Reports for Social Sciences & Sciences

Web of Science

Google Scholar

Google Docs

RefWorks

Survey Monkey

Word Clouds

QualComm

RSS Feeds

Further Reading

PRESENTATION

Bier, D. J., & Lebbin, V. K.  (2009).  Perception and use of PowerPoint at library instruction conferences.  Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48, 352-361.

Heser, C.  (2011).  Public speaking 101 for librarians.  PNLA Quarterly, 76, 70-74.

PUBLISHING A BOOK/JOURNAL ARTICLE

Goetting, D., Miguez, B. B., Curry, S. M., & Richard, S. M. (2007). First-time book publishing: negotiating the perils and pitfalls. Technical Services Quarterly, 25 (2), 1-18.

Gregory, G. (2007). And you thought you couldn’t publish a book? College & Undergraduate Libraries, 14, 113-118.

Hodges, D. & Diaz, K. (2012). Reflections on two years of manuscript reviewing. College & Research Libraries, 73, 417-418.

Jackson, M. E. (1997). Becoming a published author: Eight simple steps for librarians. Library Administration & Management, 11, 11-14.

Labaree, R. V. (2004). Tips for getting published in scholarly journals: Strategies for academic librarians. C&RL News, 65, 137-139.

Lamothe, A. R. (2012). Importance of encouraging librarians to publish in peer-reviewed publications. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 43, 156-167.

Lorenzen, M. (2009). Getting published: An overview for off-campus librarians. Journal of Library Administration, 49, 23-33.

McKnight, M. (2009). Professional publication: Yes, you can! Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35, 115-116.

Putnam, L. L. (2009). Professional writing and publishing. C&RL News, 70, 222-225.

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