NMRTWriter
List Subscription Information
NMRTWriter is a discussion
list dedicated to supporting librarians looking to write and publish articles,
books, grant narratives, or other scholarly communications. We are here to help
generate and define topics, discuss the submission process, and share all the
tips and hints we can. Experienced as
well as novice writers are encouraged to participate.
At this point, NMRTWriter is
unmoderated. That means you could send a
message about your new kitten, if you wanted to. We strongly encourage
you not to do so, and to keep the
discussion on the topic of creating written work and submitting such works for
publication. Likewise, to keep the discussion useful, we would like to stay
away from job-related tangents (i.e. should librarians have faculty status?)
that are better discussed on other lists.
Some possible topics for
discussion on NMRTWriter:
- Research
I'd like to see: Topics that you, for whatever reason, don't feel qualified to
write about but would sure like to see someone else tackle
- Help
with a topic: For when you have a general idea but would like to narrow it down
- Instructions
to writers: From all library-oriented (or even related) journals
- Commentary
from editors of academic journals, or from experienced peer reviewers
- Web
pages of library-oriented or otherwise related journals
- Recommended
books or articles about producing professional writing
- Fiction
writing, if library-related
- Calls
for manuscripts
- Calls
for reviewers
- Process
of submission: what to expect when you submit a manuscript for publication
- Requests
for partners, either to co-write or to help with a draft manuscript.
- Small
questions of grammar, punctuation and formatting.
Please do not post entire
drafts of articles for commentary. Instead, writers may request volunteers from
the list to review their rough drafts.
Complete instructions for
subscribing and unsubscribing may be found at
http://www.listproc.net/docs/usercard.html
or from the ALA ListProc Web interface:
Thank you and please contribute!