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March 29, 2017
It Works for Me: Becoming a Publishing Scholar/Researcher
- Author
- Blythe, Hal, and Sweet, Charlie
- Publisher
- New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK
- ISBN
- 9781581072006
- Table of Contents
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Foreword
Introduction
Developing a Scholarly Frame of Mind
Creating Your Scholarly Plan
Overviews
Getting Published: Inquiring Minds Want to Know
The No-So-Obvious Strategies to Become a Publishing Research Scholar
Tips for Being Published in Academic Journals
Academic Publishing from an Unknown Regional University
Maintaining Scholarship in a Teaching-Focused Institution
Dave's Hints for Publishing
My Story
When Life Intervenes
A Transitional Journey
Order with Flexibility
Pre-Writing
Working with the IR Office
Identifying Emerging Topics of Scholarly Interest in the Discipline
Differentiating Journals
How to Get Involved in Research
Getting Started in Scholarly Writing
Writing Book Chapters for Publication
Time: The Elusive Ingredient in a Successful Recipe
When You Really Need It Published
Writing
Free to Write: Capturing the Creative Flow
A Research/Scholarly Paper Outline
Post-Writing
For Improved Scholarship, Know Your Editor(s)
Submitting a Manuscript? Do the Homework!
Applying Wagnerian Opera Theory to Scholarship: It's Not over Till
Turning Rejection Letters into Positive Advice
Other Scholarly Matters
Collabowriting Your Scholarship
Listen and Learn
Five Strategies for Successful Co-Authorizing of Articles
Virtual Collaboration
An International Learning Community: Successful Vehicle for Scholarship
The ABC's of Writing Groups at Small Universities
A Writing and Publication Group Becomes an Intellectual Community
Stalking the Reluctant Professor: How to Find a Mentor without Getting Arrested
Why Is It So Darned Hard to Get that Article Pushed out theDoor?
Collaboration Is King: Five Tips for Publishing Research Papers
Using Authentic Data in Classroom Exercises
A Scholarly Assignment
Co-Creating with Students: Establishing Trust in a Student-Faculty Research Group
Getting Published as a Graduate Student
Checking the Checker
New Directions
New Directions in Scholarship
Creating SOTL: An Experiment in Collaboration
Blending Service into Scholarship
Publishing Ideas from Courses that Extend Beyond Your Primary Discipline
S-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g Yourself: Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone
Young Adult Literature as a Publishing Venue for the Higher Education Scholar
Sustaining Scholarship in a Digital Era
Presenting Live in South Africa . . . from My Family Room
Merging Discipline-Based Scholarship with the Scholarship of Teaching
The authors’ purpose in this book is to provide “a collection of practical tips drawn from real-life experiences.” We believe this particular book is so important to share with today’s audience, we almost called it Take My Book, Please!
On the other hand, does the scholarly world need another book on the importance of scholarship? Further, if the book standard for tenure is slowly disappearing because so many academic presses are closing, why would we bother to write one? And recent studies show that new faculty members consider university employment a 9:00-5:00 job, so doesn’t that leave out time for job-related reading? Finally, with the instant gratification of the internet, aren’t books dead in our culture or at least well on their way to extinction?
Why, then, in the name of all that’s sane, did we put this collection together?
a. Our publisher wanted a follow-up to our It Works for Me as a Scholar-Teacher as he believed we had a lot more to say on the subject.
b. With over 800 publications, we thought we had something insightful to say.
c. Most books on the importance of scholarship are either textbook in nature or extremely theoretical, while this book is neither.
d. With our successful It Works for Me series we’ve found a niche in the marketplace.
e. Being a large collaboration, this book provides many voices who all believe that reiterating the importance of scholarship is important.
f. With a series of short, practical tips on scholarship, this book is very easy to read and, hence, might be read.
Actually, all of the above are true. We feel certain you will benefit from the collective work found between these covers. To find information on the full “It Works for Me” series, go to www.newforums.com. (From the Publisher)
On the other hand, does the scholarly world need another book on the importance of scholarship? Further, if the book standard for tenure is slowly disappearing because so many academic presses are closing, why would we bother to write one? And recent studies show that new faculty members consider university employment a 9:00-5:00 job, so doesn’t that leave out time for job-related reading? Finally, with the instant gratification of the internet, aren’t books dead in our culture or at least well on their way to extinction?
Why, then, in the name of all that’s sane, did we put this collection together?
a. Our publisher wanted a follow-up to our It Works for Me as a Scholar-Teacher as he believed we had a lot more to say on the subject.
b. With over 800 publications, we thought we had something insightful to say.
c. Most books on the importance of scholarship are either textbook in nature or extremely theoretical, while this book is neither.
d. With our successful It Works for Me series we’ve found a niche in the marketplace.
e. Being a large collaboration, this book provides many voices who all believe that reiterating the importance of scholarship is important.
f. With a series of short, practical tips on scholarship, this book is very easy to read and, hence, might be read.
Actually, all of the above are true. We feel certain you will benefit from the collective work found between these covers. To find information on the full “It Works for Me” series, go to www.newforums.com. (From the Publisher)