Based on your input, we
recommended the following revisions to the Critique and Awards Publishing
Classes:
a) Add this sentence to the end of
the third paragraph of the ACE Critique & Awards Program’s General Rules and
Instructions: "Judges have the option of disqualifying any entry that does
not have the required elements, or for which the supplemental description
exceeds two pages."
b) Change the language of Class 21
to read as follows:
Class 21 — Technical publications. Submit one copy of a publication prepared
as a research report, special publication, scholarly journal, brochure or
other printed material focusing on research. The audience may be scientists
in agricultural or related research, professional workers in education and
industry, or others interested in technical subjects. Entries will be
evaluated for editorial quality, format, graphics, photography and
reproduction.
(Changes are in the first sentence. We inserted "scholarly journal" after
"special publication," and changed "a research program" to "research.")
New C&A Class
for educational campaigns?
We also received a
recommendation from among the membership for a new C&A class for
"educational campaigns." Many of us work on a number of different projects
for the same educational campaign (book, CD, Web site, poster, promotional
item, and so on). As of now, there is no C&A class that recognizes such work
in its entirety. During the coming year we will be asking you for more
feedback on this to determine if this should be recommended to the ACE
Board.
Three-year professional development plan
This year, for the first time,
the PubSIG report included a three-year plan to enhance the SIG’s usefulness
to members in terms of professional development. In addition to the editing
workshop and the development of the Case Studies idea bank, we will be
revamping the Web site and surveying all of you to see what you want from
the SIG leadership. We will also be researching ways to use technology so
that SIG members can interact, share, and rely on one another more, in a way
that is a help rather than a hindrance to doing our jobs.
2.
PubSIG
Editing "Superworkshop" in Traverse City: Mark Your Calendars!
Our workshop planning committee, composed
of Sandra Clarke, Judy Winn, Helen White, Joy Landis, and Kyle McCaskill,
and ably led by Janet Bryron, has been hard at work planning a professional
development opportunity. To ease time, travel, and cost pressures, we have
scheduled it in conjunction with the annual ACE meeting.
Mark your calendar: Monday, June 9,
in Traverse City, Michigan, start
the ACE Annual Meeting off with an all-day intensive editing workshop,
including a refresher on copyediting, structural editing, editing for
special audiences, and getting beneath the surface to more substantive
issues. More information to come!
3. New PubSIG Members
Our SIG’s mission is to develop
and recognize professional skills, and facilitate networking and information
sharing among ACE members who work in print or electronic publications. A
warm PubSIG welcome to the following new SIG members:
Jamie Weiner
Program Manager, Communications and Marketing; Assistant to Director
Ohio State University
Weiner.66@osu.edu
Robert H. Wells
Editor/Operations Coordinator
Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center
rwells@drec.msstate.edu
4. Let's build the
PubSIG idea bank already!
That's it for now.
Remember, the PubSIG listserv allows you to ask questions and take
advantage of the experience of others in our field. Just e-mail
ace_pubsig_mg@www.aceweb.org.
The PubSIG membership is just an e-mail away!
Kyle McCaskill, Chair
Kevin Leigh Smith, Vice Chair
Sandra Clarke, Vice Chair-Elect
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Last updated 10/29/2007.
