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September 21, 2004
Edited by Kim Pawlak
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Here is the latest news from TAA:
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Students Pay More for Beer, Food Than for Books
According to an article in the International Herald Tribune, students need to stop griping about the cost of textbooks until they've given up the booze and junk food. The newspaper reports that British students spend almost one billion pounds on drink every year — nearly three times as much as they cough up for books.
Updated List of TAA Officers, Council Members, Staff
The following are the names, titles and terms of TAA Council officers:
President: Michael Sullivan, Term: July 2002-June 2005; Vice President/President Elect: John Wakefield, Term: July 2004-June 2005; Treasurer: Robert Christopherson, Term: July 2004-June 2007; Secretary: Mary Kay Switzer, Term: July 2002-June 2005.
The following are the names, titles and terms of TAA Council (voting) members:
Peggy Stanfield, Immediate Past President, July 2002-June 2005; Don Collins, Elected Member, July 2003-June 2006; Steve Gillen, Elected Member, July 2004-June 2007; Tara Gray, Elected Member, July 2002-June 2005; Jay Black, Appointed Member, July 2004-June 2005; Chris Harris, Elected Member, July 2003-June 2006; Jim Prekeges, Elected Member, July 2004-June 2007.
The following are the names, titles and terms of Ex-Officio, Non-voting Members:
Ron Pynn, Executive Director; Michael Lennie , National Adviser
The following are current TAA staff members:
Ron Pynn, Executive Director; Janet Tucker, Office Manager; Margaret Matson, Program Assistant; Jodi Matson, Program Assistant
CCC to Hold Free Online Seminar on Weblogs
The Copyright Clearance Center will hold a free online seminar on Weblogs, or "blogs," on Thursday, September 23 at 2 p.m. Eastern time. "Blogs in Your Future: The Writing Is On the Web" will feature Mitch Wagner, a blogger and long-time journalist and editor. Wagner will review the basics of blogging; visit a range of popular blogs; and share his reasons for believing that blogs are increasingly important to all writers -- even if they never bother to create one of their own. Participants will need access to the Web and a telephone. To register, e-mail CCC's Author & Creator Relations group at BeyondTheBook@copyright.com with your full name and e-mail address, or call toll-free 1-800-982-3887 ext. 2420.
McGraw-Hill Medical Launches Online Service
McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, and publisher of professional health references and databases for physicians and medical students, released CMDT Online, a continually updated online service featuring CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment (CMDT), a bestselling annual textbook of medicine. This new digital application provides definitive answers to every common question in clinical practice through the user's desktop or handheld device. The publisher is offering a free preview of CMDT Online until October 31: http://www.CMDTonline.com
PR Firm to Provide PR Services to Colleges, Professors
Academic Image, a full-service public relations and custom publishing firm, plans to offer colleges and professors both press release writing and distribution services and publication of college view books, alumni magazines, textbooks and other books. The company is seeking to serve liberal arts, law schools and other smaller institutions of higher education that lack the staffing resources of large universities.
Iowa University Press Hires New Director
Iowa University Press hired Janet Rabinowitch, the press' interim director, as its new permanent director. Rabinowitch has been with the press in various job positions for 29 years.
TAA Now Accepts Business Card-Sized Ads
If you would like to place a business card-sized ad, or any size ad, in the December issue of The Academic Author, or on the TAA website please contact TAA's new advertising manager, Aaron Gregerson, at AMGreger5431@webmail.winona.edu. For ad rates and submission form, visit the TAA home page and click on the "More Information" link at the bottom of the page.
2005 TAA Convention To Be Held In Las Vegas
TAA's 2005 annual convention will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada June 22 to 25. Jay Black and John Wakefield will serve as co-chairs.
TAA Welcomes Advertising On Website, In Print Newsletter
If you would like to place an ad in the June issue of The Academic Author, or on the TAA website, please contact TAA's new advertising manager, Aaron Gregerson, at AMGreger5431@webmail.winona.edu