I look forward to March because warming temperatures make everything seem slightly more pleasant. I also enjoy this month because a large chunk of my free time will be spent cheering for my favorite NCAA basketball team. Rooting for an underdog team that just upset a highly-ranked team is an additional March perk. If CSE had a cheer or chant, would it start with, “You can have my Oxford Comma when you pry it from my cold, dead, and lifeless hands.”?
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Elections, SSF9
I love it when a project plan comes together. Each CSE Annual Meeting is a direct result of the Program Committee’s efforts. The 2019 program carries on the tradition of thought-provoking sessions and includes some brand-new experiences, not the least of which is the option to join a guided yoga class on Tuesday morning (and leave with your own yoga mat). CSE will offer a new Short Course in 2019, Advanced Publication Management.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Scholarship, Short Courses
New opportunities present year round. Sometimes the difficult part can be saying, “Yes, Please!” (Other times the difficulty lies in understanding punctuation choices.)
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Elections, Membership, Webinars
Tis the season to send and receive autoresponders. I hope you have a few days to relax as the year draws to a close. It has been a fantastically busy year for CSE including, but not limited to, Short Courses, the Annual Meeting, the Publication Certificate Program, and Webinars.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Certificate Program, Membership
The first half of October included one of my favorite events, the Frankfurt Book Fair. Remaining thankful that the majority of scholarly publishing meetings I attend cover less geographic area and include fewer attendees (this year the count was 285,024), the fair still evokes a sense of community. For me that is partially true because the fair reassures me that humans everywhere are actually reading, which I find a very comforting notion.
Categories: President's Letters
I hope the first half of your September included participation in various Peer Review Week festivities. Aims included showcasing the work of editors and reviewers while simultaneously highlighting innovation. And that wasn’t the half of it, because Peer Review Week remains ambitious. As it should be!
Categories: President's Letters
How did I kick off August? The same way I do every year (talking about scholarly publishing). In 2018 that meant attending, and seeing some of you, at the ISMTE North American Conference in Baltimore, MD. Many thanks to Jasmine Wallace, Julie Vo, Glenn Landis, Shari Leventhal, and Alison O’Connell for manning the CSE booth! I was also pleased to speak at the meeting in a panel on professional development, which included Dana Compton, CSE President-Elect.
Categories: President's Letters
I hope your July is going well and has included a few moments of relaxation. Here in the Washington, DC area we’ve had sizzling temperatures and frequent reminders that conserving energy during the warmest times of the day is always appreciated.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Book Club, Membership, Science Editor
It was fantastic to see 432 of you in New Orleans for the 2018 CSE Annual Meeting! Attending annual meetings remains my favorite way to learn about new initiatives and trends in our industry.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Science Editor, White Paper
I hope spring is blooming wherever you are! For us on the Atlantic seaboard, it seems like winter just wants to keep hanging around. But the lengthening days and the return of the migratory birds to my backyard lets me know that Spring is here.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: New Members, White Paper
Happy Spring! Here on the Atlantic seaboard, we’ve faced a series of storms for the past month, so spring still seems to be a long way off.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Book Club, Elections, Membership, New Members
It’s a busy time of year for CSE! We’re deep into our plans for our Annual Meeting, just a few short months away in New Orleans.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Elections, New Members, Webinars
Happy New Year! I hope that your 2018 is off to a tremendous start. Rather than making resolutions for the New Year, I like to focus on goals.
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Mentorship, New Members, Science Editor
Warm greetings to you all! As I write this note, I’m unwinding from the excitement of the Christmas holiday and looking towards the New Year.
Categories: President's Letters
Irma, Jose, Maria, Ophelia, Atlas, Nuns, Tubbs. Just a few short weeks ago, these were just words to us. Today, these names represent extreme devastation for so many people-some of them, no doubt, our friends, family, and colleagues.
Categories: President's Letters