notification of editing course

["Pippa Smart" <pippa.smart@googlemail.com>]

Please see the following announcement - for forwarding to any 
editors/journals within your instutions, or for LibLicence 
members that edit journals:

How to be a successful journal editor

ALPSP (the society of learned society publishers) is running a 
course for Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and managing 
editors, on the skills knowledge and attitudes needed to run a 
successful publication.

Most editors edit a journal on a part-time basis, out of 
dedication to their discipline rather than as a career =96 and 
there is little support or training to help them. This course is 
one of very few that provides an opportunity to review the 
overall editorial operation in a challenging environment.

Based on an existing course which has run successfully for 12 
years, this course will be run in Oxford, UK, 29-30 January 2009.

"We've been sending our editors on the Editing course for many 
years - it gives them greater confidence to do their job well and 
improves our journals - money well spent!" Peter Ashman, 
Publisher, BMJ.

The highly participatory programme includes how to attract the 
best authors, how to deliver what readers want, and how to make a 
journal successful. The course give editors the opportunity to 
discuss best practice with peers, and by the end of the 2 days, 
all participants will have an action plan to take back to the 
office.

The course is being trained by Pippa Smart (PSP Consulting), and 
Mike Jackson (Annals of Botany).

For more information, see the course website: 
http://www.pspconsulting.org/journals.shtml or contact me 
directly.

Pippa Smart
Research Communication and Publishing Consultant
PSP Consulting - www.pspconsulting.org
3 Park Lane, Appleton, Oxon OX13 5JT,UK
Tel: +44 1865 864255
Mob: +44 7775 627688
Skype: pippasmart
pippa.smart@gmail.com
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