Short Course for Manuscript Editors
8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday, May 15
Objective
To introduce beginning editors to the tools of the trade and to enable seasoned editors to stay competitive in the field.
Description
This 1-day course is designed both for novices and for experienced editors who need to stay current in the skills required for mechanical and substantive editing of scientific materials for publication. Sessions will address several key topics of major importance to scientific manuscript editors (statistics, tables, figures, grammar, and levels of editing), and discussion sessions with course faculty will follow the morning and afternoon sessions. All participants will receive a notebook containing course materials and additional resources for scientific manuscript editors.
Who Should Attend?
Manuscript editors at any level of experience and expertise.
Faculty
Jessica Ancker, MPH, ELS, writer and statistician, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Alec Dinwoodie, Assistant Chief Manuscript Editor, University of Chicago Press, American Journal of Human Genetics
Patricia Godfrey, freelance editor
Laura King, ELS, freelance editor; former director of copyediting, JAMA
Margaret Perkins, ELS, Chief Manuscript Editor, University of Chicago Press, Medical Journals Group
Program in Brief
Levels of Editing
Statistics for Writers and Editors
Grammar for Subject Editors
A Brief Guide to Editing Tables and Figures
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