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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810020803321

Autore

Crawford Walt

Titolo

First have something to say [[electronic resource] ] : writing for the library profession / / Walt Crawford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2003

ISBN

0-8389-9366-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 pages)

Disciplina

808/.06602

Soggetti

Library science - Authorship

Library science literature - Publishing

Communication in library science

Authorship - Marketing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135), webography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Why Write? -- Chatper 2: Getting Started: Room for One More -- Chapter 3: Journals: Tell Me Something New -- Chapter 4: Report, Inform, Explain, Illuminate -- Chapter 5: Copyright, Contracts, and Ethics -- Chapter 6: Working with Editors -- Chapter 7: Reviewing -- Chatper 8: Editorial Boards and Editing -- Chapter 9: Nontraditional Writing: Discussion Lists and Weblogs -- Chapter 10: Doing It Yourself: Zines and E-Newsletters -- Chapter 11: Finding Your Niche, Building Your Voice -- Chapter 12: Overwriting and the Second Draft -- Chapter 13: Books -- Chapter 14: Column and Series -- Chapter 15: Breaks and Blocks -- Chapter 16: Believing Your Own Stuff -- Chapter 17: Speaking of Speaking -- Chapter 18: Hiding behind PowerPoint -- Chapter 19: Who Are You-and What's Next? -- Appendix: Resources -- Bibliography -- Index.