Offer to publish conference proceedings

[Mary C Marino]

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
>