Dear Colleagues,
We have already begun receiving draft contributions, and we hope to be seeing your rough draft during the next two months, and of course, sooner is better than later!
One thing to note is that the Springer contract requires a final manuscript submission at the end of May 2016. This is consistent with the initial draft submission deadlines, but makes it imperative that authors meet the target dates. In this regard, we will be sending out this week a more explicit timeline.
WRSA and SRSA Opportunities
Some have suggested that although it was too late for NARSC, it would be possible to consider one or more special sessions devoted to the book contributions at both WRSA and SRSA. As Bruce Newbold suggested, these sessions might organized differently from regular sessions, either shorter presentations, panel, or discussion sessions, and "might highlight authors and build ‘buzz’ and discussion about the book. It might also be useful for other contributors to see what others are doing, which could help to tie the various contributions together.” I think this is a terrific idea, so if you would be interested in participating in such sessions at either meeting, would you please email me to let me know? If there are sufficient numbers, I’ll happily organize sessions at one or both meetings — so be sure to let me know which meeting! As a reminder, here are the details on the two meetings:
WRSA: 55th annual meeting on the Big Island of Hawaii, February 14-17, 2016, submission deadline is November 16, 2015.
SRSA: The 55th annual meetings of the SRSA will be held in Arlington, Virginia, USA, March 31- April 2, 2016. First call for papers just issued.
{As an aside, note that the SRSA has a new email distribution list. Sign up here if interested.}
Again, we are looking forward very efficient process so that the book will be in print at the earliest possible date. As a reminder, here is our planned schedule - note that the editorial process began in October!
June – October, 2015 Solicit contributions
October 2015 –February 2016 Edit contributions
Obtain copyright releases
February – March, 2016 Contributors revise manuscripts
April Final proofreading
May 15 Submit manuscript to publisher
May – July, 2016 Final corrections and revisions
August-September 2016 Book goes in production
In the Springer guidelines attached to this email, you will find templates for the preparation of manuscripts in Word and in TeX which can be used by the authors for preparing their contributions. Attached, I am sending you as well Springer’s short manuscript submission information sheet which summarizes the main important information.
Springer also provides manuscript templates in both Word and LaTex. While it is not strictly mandatory, we strongly encourage you to use these, as this will give the resulting volume the greatest possible degree of consistency from chapter to chapter. I also encourage you to please have a look at Springer’s manuscript guidelines for editors/authors.
We are looking forward to receiving your contributions!
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Randall Jackson, Director
Regional Research Institute, WVU
http://www.rri.wvu.edu
