Publishing SIG NEWSLETTER December 2002

December 2002 ACE Pub SIG Newsletter

• Publishing SIG-sponsored Breakout Sessions Proposed for ACE/KC 2003

Hi, Publishing SIG members.

Many thanks to those of you who sent in your ideas for Publishing SIG-sponsored breakout sessions for the ACE 2003 meeting in Kansas City. Fellow PubSIG leaders Diane Bowen, Natalie Johnson, other PubSIG members, and I have distilled those ideas into the following three proposals, which we have submitted to the program committee. The three SIG-sponsored sessions are listed below. You can see a full listing of proposed sessions at the ACE 2003 web site (http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/kc2003/BreakoutResults.asp). And if you think of a useful breakout session topic but you don't see it on that list, please go ahead and propose it yourself. Even if you're not an expert on the topic, you can seek out someone who is or (dare I say it?) educate yourself! Best wishes for peace and renewal of the spirit over the holidays.

Your SIG chair,
Jim Coats

1. PIXELS OR PRINT? TRENDS IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING - (possible joint session with Graphic Design or IT) At this session we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of print and electronic publishing and the trends in these for governmental documents. Among the topics we'll consider are costs (production and distribution), revenues, audience reach, marketing, reader capabilities (such as technological limitations), editing (ease of making changes after it's published), time, standards (i.e., credibility factors) and other factors (such as ease of plagiarism, which may or may not be a big concern for many governmental agencies).

 
2. PUBLISHING A MAGAZINE IN PRINT AND ONLINE - (possible joint session with Graphic Design) A panel discussion of the current hot issues faced by people who publish magazines both in print and online. One topic is how to coordinate the two versions. Other issues to be discussed include the latest design trends, cutting production costs, use of advertising both in print and online and evaluation -- How can you prove anybody's reading and that the magazine is doing your organization any good? Session leaders: Linda Benedict, Louisiana, and Owen Roberts, Ontario, Canada (Panel members to be named later)

 
3. AN INTRODUCTION TO NRMO - (possible joint session with Marketing) At this session, we'll learn about what the National Resource Management Officers are all about. NRMO leaders will give an introduction and history of this group that includes anyone who produces, promotes or distributes Extension publications for land-grant universities. Members tend to be warehouse managers and/or customer service staff, but publication editors, account technicians, inventory software programmers and department heads have participated, too. Discussion also will touch on areas of mutual interest with ACE and ideas for future collaborative involvement. (Session leaders yet to be identified.)

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