Getting Published In...

What are the tricks to getting your research published?

This series, in partnership with the University Library, will offer the opportunity to hear from both publishers (Getting published in...) and authors (How I got published in...) on what is involved in preparing a piece of work for publication.

This series will continue after the Festival,  with further events due to be scheduled for 2016.

Getting Published In... a Book or a Journal

12:30 - 14:00  13 May, 2016  (Lunch available from 12:00)
Building 34/3001, Highfield

Sponsored by Elsevier

The series launches with this talk given by two experienced editors from Elsevier on how to get your research published in a book or journal.

Guest Speakers

Tim Pitts , Senior Commissioning Editor, Elsevier, has worked in publishing for 31 years and will offer advice on getting published in a book.

Suzanne Abbott , Journal Publisher, Elsevier, manages a portfolio of computer science and engineering titles and will provide guidance on getting published in a journal.

Getting Published in... a Data Journal

12:30 - 14:00  16 May 2016 (Bring your own lunch)
Build ing 06/1077 LTA, Highfield

Come and find out what a Data Journal is and what they can do for you.

Guest Speakers

Varsha Khodiyar , Data Curation Editor for the Nature Publishing Group journal, Scientific Data .

This is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, aiming to promote wider data sharing and reuse, and credit those that create and share.

Dr Ivan D. Haigh , Associate Professor in Coastal Oceanography within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

Dr Haigh will discuss how he got his research published.

Getting Published in...the Open Library of Humanities

12:30 - 14:00  23 May, 2016 (Bring your own lunch)
Building 65/1175 LTC, Avenue Campus

The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a charitable organisation dedicated to publishing open access scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs). Find out how OLH could help you to get your research published.

Guest speakers

Dr Caroline Edwards , Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck, University of London and Editorial Director of the Open Library of Humanities.

As a Founder of the OLH, Caroline has given numerous talks on open access in Europe and North America, and currently oversees an OLH editorial network of more than 50 scholars. She also edits the open-access journal of 21st-century literary criticism Alluvium and is Secretary of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies.

Kate Borthwick , Senior Enterprise Fellow in Modern Languages at the University.

Kate Borthwick will also be giving a short talk on her experience of publishing ‘10 Years of the LLAS elearning symposium: case studies in good practice’ . This open access book celebrates the 10th anniversary of the elearning symposium run by the Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, based at the University of Southampton, UK. With contributions from practitioners working in universities across the UK and the world, it includes case studies and reflective pieces which showcase good practice in the use of technology for language teaching and learning.