NOTE: ** = Required Field
**Type of report being submitted: Committee Planning Report
**Date: September 6, 2002
**Committee Name:
New Writers Support Ad Hoc Committee
**Supervising Board Member:
Joseph Yue
**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs:
Co-Chairs: Sarah Conrad Weisman and DeLoice Holliday
**Committee members:
Kristin Starnes Arnett, Amanda Roberts, Jeannette Ho, Amanda Etches-Johnson, Valerie Glenn, Michelle Crowell Fossum, Devin Sean Hogan, Jennifer Brown, Elizabeth Burnette, Peter Czarnezki
**Committee Charge:
Gather resources and create documents helpful to new writers for library research; facilitate discussion and manage subscription of NMRTWRITER list.
**2002 - 2003 Project Description / Goals:
Identify types of documents and resources needed by new writers. Create documents and compile lists of resources. Create a New Writers Support web page that will feature the original documents and links to resources of use for new writers. Facilitate and participate in discussions on the NMRTWRITER listserv, including starting “scheduled” discussions with specific time frames, and other efforts to actively encourage discussion.
**Specific Objectives (numbers, tangible end-products):
Create documents including: advice for new writers – how to get started and tips; suggested topics for articles; common errors that can lead to an article's rejection; responses from journals accepting or denying article submissions; and others as determined.
Prepare a consolidated list of Calls for Papers and Proposals, from both traditional publication sources as well as “unusual” or “alternative” publication venues; arrange the list by specialty/subject.
Compile a list of journals/publications seeking book reviewers.
Compile links to resources including: publications seeking contributions, citation style guides, and others.
Compile a list of existing print and online reference material of interest/help to new writers.
Conduct a “scheduled” discussion on the NMRTWRITER listserv at least once per month.
Financial Report Section:
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Your budget appropriation (see budget) |
a. 0 |
Amount which you have spent so far this year |
b. 0 |
Your estimated additional expenses this year |
c. 0 |
|
Total of amount spent and additional
"estimated" expenses for this year (b+c) |
d. 0 |
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Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses
from above (a-d) |
e. 0 |
f. Vendor support planned or anticipated for the year
(either money or in-kind gifts), list here:
None
g. Vendor support requested: (From the above list, what, if any, has been requested from the Exhibitor Contact and Relations Committee?)
None
h. Vendor support received: (From the above list, what if any, has been received?)
None
Specific Needs/Support (non-financial): (For the categories below, please include approximate date service needed)
a. Web Support (help with web page creation, web form
creation, web database, web database, scripting, etc):
Web page hosting; not
aware of any other web support needs at this time.
b. On-site conference volunteers: (include estimated numbers needed and brief job description)
None
c. Publicity planned for the committee (posting to other
discussion lists, official press release for web page, etc.):
Publicize the NMRTWRITER
list and the NMRTWRITER web page (once it is created), through word of mouth,
posting information to other discussion lists, contacting library school
faculty, and other means, to be determined.
**Report submitted by: Sarah Conrad Weisman
**Email address: sarah@nclive.org