Offer to publish conference proceedings

[Catherine Rudin]

It would be great to have a conference volume published, but as David says, perhaps CSP isn't the best place.  On the other hand major publishers won't be interested in a volume that will not exactly be a big seller.  Conference proceedings are often published more or less in house -- FASL volumes are put out by U. Michigan Slavic dept., CLS volumes by (surprise!) U. of Chicago, etc.  Hmmm.... doesn't KU have a linguistics working papers series? :-)
 
If anyone does feel up to organizing a proceedings volume (wherever published) it should definitely be "selected" proceedings -- preferably with a little editing/formatting and maybe even a little reviewing or some kind of submission process.  I'd be willing to help, if it gets to that point.
 
Some SCLC papers did get published (twice, I think?) when we met with MALC and got included in their volume. Those remain, alas, just about my only actual publications on OP, and I much appreciate having being forced to write them up then instead of waiting for that pie-in-the-sky time when I'll know enough to submit a real journal article.
 
My 2 cents --
Catherine

>>> David Kaufman <dvkanth2010 at GMAIL.COM> 2/16/2012 10:20 AM >>>
Hi Mary,

Given Anthony's comment on the reputation of these publishers, it seems not the best place for publication. I'm not familiar with the usual process for publishing conference proceedings, but I think if we were to publish the proceedings as a whole, we would want to finalize papers for publication after the conference, whoever wanted to have theirs published. That way it wouldn't affect works-in-progress or other presentations for the conference that, for some reason, would not be publishable. As far as acceptance of submissions, since presenters don't even necessarily have to submit an abstract (just a title), I don't think we're very picky about what is actually presented at the conference as long as it is somehow relevant to Siouan and Caddoan languages. I'll send a message a bit later with the titles of presentations/papers we've received so far and on which languages, just so we'll all have a general idea.

Dave

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Mary C Marino <mary.marino at usask.ca> wrote:


Hello David

This sounds like something worth pursuing further. One question: are individual papers reviewed before acceptance of the proceedings as a whole? In the SCLC we've always had a policy of accepting most or all of the abstracts submitted; some papers are quite informal and definitely "work-in-progress". If we anticipate publication of the conference proceedings, do we need to be more restrictive this year?

Thanks for all your efforts - this is a very impressive headstart.

Best
Mary



On 14/02/2012 3:35 PM, David Kaufman wrote:


Hi all,

I wanted to send this out there to see what you all might think about the possibility of having this year's SCLC papers published via an academic publishing company. I have pasted the message we received from the UK's (yes, I really do mean Britain, not KU) Cambridge Scholars Publishing (not to be confused with the Cambridge Publishing Company!) below for you to read. Let us know any of your thoughts or comments.

"Cambridge Scholars Publishing is an academic publisher aiming to promote knowledge and learning through the production and global distribution of valuable academic works. With more than 2,500 titles published to date, we have an interest in publishing proceedings of established or promising new conferences. In addition, we welcome proposals for research monographs, edited volumes, and select PhD dissertations. We have a policy of actively seeking and commissioning works in areas in which we have a publishing interest, one of which is Linguistics. If you feel it would be of interest to a wider academic audience, we would be delighted to have a discussion with you about the possibility of publishing a volume based on the proceedings of your event. We provide a dedicated service, with no cost to the editor or author, complimentary copies and a substantial author discount on all titles from our press. Our publications are marketed worldwide and sold through international booksellers including Amazon, Blackwell and Ingram and are widely purchased by academic libraries."

-- 
David Kaufman, Ph.C.
University of Kansas
Linguistic Anthropology






-- 
David Kaufman, Ph.C.
University of Kansas
Linguistic Anthropology

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