Contributing to the ISBE Newsletter
Book Reviews:
Reviews are generally solicited by the Editors as new books arrive at the
office, and are deemed to be of interest to the society. Persons involved in
the publishing of books who would like these to be considered for review in the
Newsletter may contact the Editors and arrange for their publisher to forward a
review copy to this office. Authors may submit a list of possible reviewers.
Alternately, members who wish to review a particular text should contact the
Editors. The Editors will provide reviewers with instructions and a style
sheet. Reviews are typically 1500-2000 Words.
Spotlight on....:
This is a new initiative to introduce advanced postgraduate students and
recent post-docs and their research interests to the society. Individuals can nominate themselves or others to
be highlighted in upcoming issues by emailing the Editor. To be eligible
for the spotlight, you must hold a membership with the society. The aim of
this initiative is to highlight several researchers within each issue.
Contact the Editor for details on submissions.
Workshop/Conference Reviews:
Workshop and/or Conference reviews should be prepared in one of the following two formats.
Brief synopses (max 1500 words) may be submitted by either participants or
conference organizers at the regular newsletter deadlines. These can include
synopses of workshops that will be published in more detailed accounts (book or
special journals), and should include information as to where the information
will be published. Longer reports (max 3000 words) will be considered
from large workshops/conferences for which other publications are not stemming.
The purpose of the latter format is to provide a venue to disseminate
information and discussions that would otherwise not be available to
non-conference participants. Anyone attending such a workshop and wishing to
publish in the Newsletter should contact the Editors at least one month
prior to submission deadlines. Reports should aim at a critical assessment of
the conference, as well as a synthesis of the convergent ideas presented. A
synopsis of future directions of research that were reached at the end of the
conference should also be included. Anyone attending the workshops may submit
reports, but preference will be given to submissions not authored by conference
organizers. A single application for a workshop will be considered, so it may
be appropriate to agree upon a reporter at the conference. Graduate students
and postdocs are strongly encouraged to consider contributing to writing these
reports.
Commentaries:
Responses to commentary articles published in the newsletter or articles
eliciting discussion on topics relevant to the society will be considered for
publication. Authors of such articles should contact the Editors at least
one month prior to regular submission deadlines to outline the content of
the article. The Editors may request submission of the article earlier than
regular deadline should outside reviewing be deemed necessary.
Cartoons:
Cartoonists and other artists are encouraged to submit artwork , either in
hardcopy, or as TIFF or high resolution (300 dpi) GIF files. All cartoons
published in the newsletter will be credited to the illustrator, and will appear
on the Newsletter's website (web.unbc.ca/isbe/newsletter).
Deadlines for
submission to the Spring newsletter will be 1 March each year
Deadlines for submission to the Autumn newsletter will be 1 Sept each year