You are invited to attend the following SLIS presentation:

Topic: “How to Get Published”
Presenter: Charles Harmon, Vice-President, Neal-Schuman 	Publishers
and SLIS Advisory Council member
Date: Thursday, March 6th, 1:30-4 pm.
Location: San Jose SLIS Clark Hall 304

Abstract for "How To Get Published":
 This workshop looks at the two major print arenas for publication in the
LIS field: scholarly and professional books and journals.  The difference
between "scholarly" and "professional" media is described, and the various
approaches to both venues are discussed. Guidance is given for contacting
editors prior to submission and preparing initial e-mails and query letters
for optimum response.  Both financial consideration (fees for articles and
royalties for books) and intellectual property consideration (copyright
ownership, right of first publication, etc.) are described. 

Depending on the time available, several tips for improving writing in book
proposal and article abstracts will be offered.  Time is available at two
points in the workshop for extensive question-and-answer periods.

The presentation will be videotaped for later posting on

	http://slisweb.sjsu.edu.

Charles Harmon has worked in school and public libraries before his
appointment as Director of the Library & Information Center at the American
Library Association's headquarters in Chicago.  In that position, he managed
the Association's library, which responds to questions about library
professional practice from ALA members and staff as well as manages the
Association's archives. For the last twelve years, he has had been with
Neal-Schuman Publishers, beginning there as an acquisitions editor and
currently as Vice-President and Director of Publishing.