21:suppl (2006:summer) Committee Annual Reports: Proceedings

July 1, 2006 at 6:13 pm | Posted in Committee Annual Reports, Proceedings | Leave a comment

PROCEEDINGS
2005 Co-editors: Meg Mering and Elna Saxton
2006 Co-editors: Carol Ann Borchert and Gary Ives 

ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR 

1. September 21-22, M. Mering visited the Haworth Press. 

2. Articles in Haworth journals are typically assigned keywords. Papers and reports by recorders for the NASIG Proceedings have never been assigned keywords. The Board agreed at its fall meeting that keywords would be assigned starting with the 2006 Proceedings. 

3. The 2005 Proceedings’ manuscript was submitted to Haworth the first full week in November, about ten days past Haworth’s suggested deadline of Oct 31. We did not receive a paper from Ted Kopple. 

4. The 2005 Proceedings were dedictated to Marla Schwartz. M. Schwartz was a charter member of NASIG and served on several committees and task forces. 

5. Editing the 2005 Proceedings’ galleys occurred in late February, early March.  

6. Kathryn Wesley served as the indexer. A Web editor was not assigned for the 2005. Haworth has agreed to supply a PDF version of the 2005 Proceedings.  

7. In late February, Gary Ives and Carol Ann Borchert were appointed co-editors for the 2006 Proceedings. 

8. In early March, C. Borchert sent out the call for recorders. 30 people responded to the call. All of the presenters for the strategy sessions and two of the vision session presenters are provided papers and will not require recorders.   

9. In early March, G. Ives sent out the call for an indexer. Four people applied for the position. One of them has been tentatively selected. G. Ives will contact this candidate on April 28. The applicant pool is very strong, even though it is small. 

10. The deadline for recorder papers is June 20. The deadline for presenter papers is June 6. 

ISSUES FOR THE BOARD
Please select the editors earlier in the year. The timeline in the manual is designed for a conference in mid-June, and even that assumed the editors were selected in January. With the conference beginning in the first week of May this year, the appointment starting at the end of February, March and April have been extremely hectic.  

In early January, Haworth’s Bill Cohen asked if the Board would allow Haworth to pay a free-lance fee of $250 to the indexer. This issue was discussed at the Board’s Midwinter meeting. What is the status of this request? Has B. Cohen contacted?