This week I actually went into the office on Monday. Jamie (our typesetter) had emailed Matt & me the PDF file with the proofs of the pages and Matt wanted to give me hard copies to proofread and have me break down the files and email them to the authors. So I learned the new skill of breaking down parts of a PDF file into smaller pieces. I also had to send all of the authors their copyright agreements. This is a standard form that I simply had to insert their name, title of the article, and issue number into. I have already received a few questions/comments back from the authors and am trying to deal with their issues as promptly as possible. Matt wants me to have the proofreading back to him by next Wednesday, so I better get on it.
I finally finished all of the MLA formatting for that reference section and sent it to Matt over the weekend. He said that it looked like it was in very good shape. I haven't even started on the chapters Val gave to me yet. I feel really bad about it, but she said they weren't pressing, and I've had so many other things to do for my internship lately. This whole thing has really been more work than I anticipate. Oh well, I think I'm getting very good experience.
Other than that, everything is good. I'm still not sure what the direction of my web portfolio is or if I even remember how to make a web portfolio. But I'm sure that we'll talk about this at our next meeting. I cannot believe that the end of the semester is so close. The anxiety of graduation is become more and more real every day!
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I think it's cool that you get to deal with the legal issues and contracts of writing. That's definitely something worth taking notes and learning from. It will be interesting to look at the average questions that authors have regarding their copyright agreements and what's typical and what's not in these things.
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Thanks again for another detailed, informative post. I'd be interested in hearing about the range of questions that you've been receiving from authors as the journal issue draws near to publication. And I'd also enjoy hearing some discussion about what you're doing and/or what you're learning about communicating with authors -- what kind of tone do you try to establish, and how do you go about establishing it? If you've tried different tones, what have been the responses to each one?
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