editing and publishing
- Writing, editing and linguistic skills. Mother tongue English
- Guiding projects from initial idea and feasibility study to published content
- Insight and sensitivity to diverse cultures and ethos in academia, libraries, publishing and not-for-profits
- Working across cultures, professional disciplines and traditional boundaries
- Management of the grant-funding cycle for Trusts and Foundations
- Scoping, bid-writing and reporting for organizations seeking funding
- Libraries
- Publishing houses
- Universities
- Not-For-Profit Organizations
- Cultural heritage
- Information and Knowledge Management (KM)
- Publishing consultant
- Researcher and bid writer
- Commissioning and copy editor
- Revisor: post-translation edit
content writing
- Presenting technical material to general readership
- Marketing material, reports, project proposals and reports
- Bids and Proposals for Funding
- Annual Reports, promotional and corporate marketing
- Presentations, Reports, Briefing Papers, Research Reports
WRITING
EDITING and COPY EDITING
- Briefing and Policy papers
- Research reports
- Online learning resources
My experience in publishing and policy development ensures content is published in an appropriate style for diverse readers and stakeholders
- Humanities, arts, social sciences
- Social, public and health policy
- Information management
- Libraries and cultural heritage
- Digital Libraries
- Information Society
- Grey Literature
- Information Ethics
- Publishing consultant
- Researcher and bid writer
- Commissioning and copy editor
- Revisor: post-translation edit
- Academic and scholarly publishing
- Reference Works, Journals
- Monographs, Bibliographies
- Conference Proceedings
- Multi-Lingual Catalogues
- Print and Digital
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Sensitivity and insight of the culture and ethos in academia, libraries, publishing and not-for-profits
- Working dynamically across cultures, professional disciplines and traditional boundaries
- Grant management: monitoring , evaluation, quality assurance
- Grant funding: scoping, bid writing, reporting, disseminaton
- Writing, editing, language skills
- Guiding projects from initial scoping and feasibility study to published content
Publishing: the occupation or activities of preparing and issuing books, journals and other material for sale
Editorial and publishing
- Presenting technical material to general readership
- Marketing material
- Project proposals and reports
- Bids and Proposals for Funding
- Annual Reports, promotional and corporate marketing
- Presentations, Reports, Briefing Papers, Research Reports
An essential guide in information management
for the voluntary sector
Edited and designed by
Sylvia Simmons
(with D Grimwood-Jones). Published by Aslib/IMI
ISBN 0 85142 394 9
Information Insights: Case Studies in Information Management
Compiled and edited by
Sylvia Simmons
ISBN 0-851-42427-9
Guiding projects
from outline & scoping to published contenT
- Monographs, scholarly publications, conference proceedings
- Professional text books, curriculum and training resources
- Website content: corporate material, Annual Reports
- Presentation of technical material to non-professional readers
- Bibliographies and multi-lingual catalogues (roman and non-roman scripts)
- Bibliographic data from manuscripts and rare books
- Reference works, journals, multi-part works
what do you want to publish?
Who is your target market?
Content, format & style will be
different for each project
SUBJECT AND SECTOR experience:
British Library Research & Development: information policy
World ORT Union (NGO) : science, technology and ICT training
Aslib:/IMI information management
LSJS/Office of Chief Rabbi: Le’ela: A Journal of Judaism Today: religion, philosophy, ethics
National Bureau for Students with Disabilities: Briefing papers for students, professionals and policy-makers : health, social, public policy
Valmadonna Trust Library: Judaica/Hebraica, rare books and manuscripts , multi-lingual catalogues
School of Oriental and African Studies: Judaica/Hebraica collections
(Hebrew, Yiddish, European languages) Online bibliographic catalogues; retrospective bibliographic catalogue conversion ; digital libraries
TRANSLATION RIGHTS
Copyright negotiation for authors and publishers in a global digital market.
Books published in one language reach only a limited target market and readers
Translations brings research, ideas and content accessible to a wider readership in a global market
