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Helen Fallon: Writing for academic publication : a workshop for Health Sciences Librarians Print

Wednesday 3 June 2009 9.00 – 12:30

Cost: €60
Capacity: 14 Participants
Venue: Presidents Suite D203, Dublin Castle

This half day course will focus primarily on writing for professional and peer-reviewed journals. Participants should have a topic they wish to write about. They will complete a number of practical writing exercises relating to their chosen topic. Library staff who have published will share experiences and tips. At the end of the course each participant will draw up a writing plan for an article. The following topics will be covered:

  • Beginning to write
  • Ideas generation
  • Outlining
  • Abstract, title & keywords
  • Identifying publishing outlets
  • Writing the article
  • Submission
  • Peer-Review & resubmission
  • Publication

Helen Fallon is Deputy Librarian at NUI Maynooth. She presents workshops on academic writing to staff from Irish university libraries, via the Academic and National Library Training Cooperative (ANLTC). She also designs and delivers programmes on academic publishing for postgraduates in science and engineering at NUI Maynooth and teaches creative writing in her spare time.