Geoscience Digital Publications Editor opening in Central U.S.

We have been informed of an opening for a Digital Publications Editor with Geoscience experience. The requirements are listed below. Interested parties should contact Spencer Hillmen at (918) 398-7593×102 or shellman@jocotulsa.com.

Digital Publications Editor

Experience:

- 3+ Copyediting experience.

- 3+ years of Online Publishing.

- Geoscience writing/editing experience

- Project Management Experience to include:

- Developing RFPs.

- Soliciting and evaluating proposals from vendors.

- Developing workflows.

- 2+ years of writing/editing for a newspaper, magazine, newsletter, or website.

- Microsoft Office.

Education:

- A bachelor’s degree in Communications or related field.

FAO Publishing Job Opportunities

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a major scientific and technical publisher, producing 200 print titles and many more web-based products each year, in up to six official languages.

The Publishing Policy and Support Branch, located in the Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension, is a small team responsible for ensuring that FAO’s technical units have access to the standards, tools and capacity necessary for producing and marketing information products effectively. The team offers the following services in support of FAO’s decentralized publishing process:

• Provision of policies, standards, guidelines, tools and direct advice
• Marketing and sales of information products
• Management of FAO’s intellectual property, including rights and permissions
• Management of copublishing arrangements with external publishers.

Within the next year, the Publishing Policy and Support Branch will be filling the following professional posts at FAO headquarters in Rome:

Publishing Manager (Grade: P-4) – One of the main duties of this position will be to coordinate the development and use of procedures, standards and guidelines as well as associated publishing tools. Prerequisite: 7 years of publishing management experience in academic, scientific, institutional or technical publishing, with high-level planning and communication skills. (FAO VA 2361 – OEK)

Publishing Officer (Grade: P-3) – This position will contribute to the development and use of procedures, standards and guidelines and play a lead role in the development and maintenance of a publishing services roster. Prerequisite: 5 years of relevant experience. (FAO VA 2364)

Publishing Officer (Marketing) (Grade: P-3) – This position will lead support to marketing and sales activities, including the development of new marketing and distribution platforms, and manage official distribution to member countries, Prerequisite: 5 years of relevant experience. (FAO VA 2363)

Publishing Officer (Graphic design) (Grade: P-3) – This position will have a key role in the development of corporate visual standards and guidelines for FAO scientific and technical information products as well as leading the testing and adoption of new publishing technologies. Prerequisite: 5 years of experience in cross-media design for scientific and technical products. (FAO VA 2362)

Publishing Officer (Rights) (Grade: P-2). In addition to rights, permissions and copublishing activities, this post will contribute to other advisory services provided by the team. Prerequisite: 3 years of relevant experience. (FAO VA 2365)

Specific announcements are available on the FAO Web site and a specific email account for application to each post has been established and is referenced in the specific announcements). All posts will be filled following UN recruitment processes.

The Publishing Policy and Support Branch also contracts consultants and freelancers and would be pleased to review relevant CVs, with a letter of introduction. CVs for consultants and freelancers only should be sent to Publishing-help@fao.org. The FAO Personal History Form and Guidelines to applicants can be downloaded here.

The closing date is July 9, 2010.

Date and location for the 2010 meeting set

We have set the dates and location for the 2010 Annual Meeting!  This year’s meeting   will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada from September 20 to 23, 2010.  Our conference center will be at the Inn at Laurel Point.  After visiting a significant number of hotels in Victoria, the Inn at Laurel Point blew me away with their views, their beautiful facilities and location, their wonderful food, and their generous hospitality.  I hope you will enjoy the Inn at Laurel Point as well!

As some of you might have qualms about a conference in Canada at the end of September, I can assure you that Victoria boasts some of the mildest weather in Canada.  In this post, you can see the blooming cherry blossoms on one of the local streets — and this photo was taken mid-February during the Olympics!

We’re still in the preliminary planning stages of the meeting, but we have some exciting ideas!  The board would like to hear from you: what would you like to see at the meeting?

Candidates Needed for 2011 Board

AESE is seeking nominations for the following positions on the 2011 Board of Directors:

Vice-president
Treasurer
Secretary
Member at-large

All positions are three-year commitments. The Vice President will serve as VP in 2011, President in 2012, and Past-President in 2013. The Treasurer and Secretary can serve for an additional three-year term at the discretion of the board.

Interested members, or anyone with ideas for candidates, should contact Past President Tom Overton.

AGI requires input: National Water Vision

As a member society, the AESE has been asked for input on AGI and the American Water Resources’ discussion on if the US should develop a national water vision.

They have resources available, such as a conference series (http://www.awra.org/meetings/conference_series/policy_dialogue.html), member society webinars (http://www.agiweb.org/members/webinars/index.html), and an article about the National Water Vision (http://awramedia.org/vision/).

If you have an opinion on the potential of a national water vision, feel free to take part in the national discussion!

More on the Google Books Settlement

The parties to the Google Books lawsuit have come out with a revised settlement in response to objections earlier this year. If you are interested in this issue, the Copyright Clearance Center is holding a free webinar on the changes to the settlement on Dec. 10. You can register here.

What to do in Houston during the meeting

If you are interested in haunting about Houston, consider these ghost tours:

Discover Houston Tours:  http://www.discoverhoustontours.com/

Cloud 9 Living: Ghost Tour of Houston: http://www.cloud9living.com/experience.php?exp=705&utm_source=gifts.com&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=LIF-HOU-0002&utm_campaign=Ghost_Tour_of_Houston_Houston

If you are interested in haunting about Houston during Halloween weekend, consider these ghost tours:

Discover Houston Tours

Cloud 9 Living: Ghost Tour of Houston

Getting from the airport to the annual meeting

Wondering how you are going to get from the airport to the Doubletree Suites convention hotel in Houston? The hotel planner says that SuperShuttle services both airports (Bush IAH and Hobby) to the hotel.

AESE Meeting Update

Reduced-rate registration for the annual meeting closes tomorrow!  We have some really interesting sessions planned.  Here is a general schedule:

Friday, October 30

8:30-9:15am  Science in nonscientific writing

9:15-10:15am   Geoarchaeology publishing

10:45am-12noon   Online Geoscience Education

2:00-3:00pm   Database Design/Archival Techniques

3:15-3:45pm   Copublishing

3:45-4:45pm  Online Book Manuscript Management

Saturday, October 31

8:15-9:30am   Digital Publishing, Print Publishing, and Publishing Production

9:30-10:30am   Editing Issues

10:45-11:45am   Geology and Geography of Texas

2:00-2:45pm   Copyright Issues

3:00-3:15pm  International Year of Planet Earth Update

3:15-4:00pm  Discussion on the Future of AESE/Preview of the 2010 Meeting in Victoria

In addition to the technical sessions, the meeting includes an icebreaker, editors’ breakfasts, the awards banquet, and the field trip to Galveston.  It’s a great time to reconnect with fellow editors and network with new colleagues!

Update on the Google Books settlement

Facing a chorus of opposition from groups such as the U.S. Justice Department, the parties to the Google Books settlement have asked  the court for more time to rework the proposed agreement. The revised settlement that emerges is likely to differ in some substantial ways from the earlier one, thus the July 27 post on the subject is probably obsolete. Nevertheless, we encourage AESE members to pay close attention to future developments to ensure their rights are protected.