Literary and Production

Description The presentation will cover the continuity between literary and production in terms of the current system and the new changes that will take place immediately. In addition, specific changes in how articles will be edited, submitted, and written will be discussed. (http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/2010_Annual_Conference_Literary_and_Production?

• 11:23 PM: TTHEpub Welcome to the Live Blog for the literary and production morning session at the 2010 Triple Helix Annual Conference at University of California, San Diego!




• 11:52 PM: Zain Pasha Live Blogging will take place on Saturday, February 20th, 2010 from 9:30 – 10:40am PST




• 2:32 AM: Jennifer Yang The presentation will cover the continuity between literary and production in terms of the current system and the new changes that will take place immediately. In addition, specific changes in how articles will be edited, submitted, and written will be discussed.




• 1:17 PM: David Edwards Julia is passing out program packets. Many attendees are flipping eagerly through the packets. More on this situation as it unfolds.




• 1:19 PM: David Edwards There are coffee and bagels outside. I’m taking advantage of this opportunity.




• 1:46 PM: David Edwards Opportunity taken advantage of. Totally worth it. Julia is standing behind the podium with her leather coat and her Starbucks coffee cup.




• 1:53 PM: David Edwards Ooh, Jennifer is passing out badges. But we don’t need no stinkin’ badges!(Actually, badges would really facilitate communication between the presenters and the audience. Good move.)




• 2:08 PM: David Edwards Jack’s cover slide looks really swanky. Check and mate for Mac-version-of-PowerPoint.




• 2:10 PM: David Edwards Jack Li, Vice President of Harvard Triple Helix. Bharat hopefully will be here sometime later. Geared more toward round-table discussion, but the table is oval-shaped.




• 2:11 PM: David Edwards Current system: 2 publications/cycle. Divided into quarters. Fall (Sep-Dec), Winter (Jan-Mar), Spring (Apr-Jun), and Sum (Jul-Aug). Fall gets literary, then winter gets production. Same for the sunnier seasons.




• 2:12 PM: David Edwards Problems: not enough time for lit/production teams to get everything done, no flexibility, literary team delay, and difficult to incorporate new chapters via international.




• 2:13 PM: David Edwards New system: Just hire NYT designers. Just kidding, we don’t have the money.




• 2:13 PM: David Edwards New system: merged quarters (Fall/Winter, Spring/Summer), literary and production teams work simultaneously.




• 2:14 PM: David Edwards Proposals: by second article draft, writers assigned to production editors; by final draft, article layout complete.




• 2:18 PM: David Edwards New system advantages: more lit/production time, more communication between both groups, reduces literary delay backlog, and encourages flexibility and innovation in journal production.




• 2:20 PM: Zain Pasha I like the New System: NYT designers it is




• 2:20 PM: David Edwards Problems with current system (Pwcs): (UCSD student) no communication between chapter, need production manager assigned, peer edited somewhere along the line?




• 2:22 PM: David Edwards Pwcs 2: potentially working with TTH International over summer to communicate (because of delays)




• 2:24 PM: David Edwards Primary goal: stronger sense of international community (cue Olympics theme song by John Williams)




• 2:24 PM: Jennifer Yang we’re getting Bharat on skype conference!




• 2:25 PM: David Edwards File communication: Google documents/Hub updates (or “hubdates”), bad e-mail exchange, lack of central document storage, files misplaced




• 2:29 PM: Jennifer Yang input about dropbox: include everything with all the documents so writers are looking at the same place on the website




• 2:29 PM: David Edwards File communication (NEW): Dropbox (folder hierarchy: chapter –> production cycles –> [curly arrow] round of revision –> individual articles); (ASU student) lack of revision documents, need centralized location




• 2:32 PM: David Edwards (ASU student): ability to view all edits in same area from International with your own name/own folder; idea seconded by other people in room (“ayes” all around!)




• 2:32 PM: David Edwards File communication (NEW): shared among SLEs, articles under each revision folder to meet certain literary/production criteria (including pictures)




• 2:36 PM: David Edwards Bharat is getting linked through Skype. Does he have a goatee? (Introductions: new CPH at Berkley, UCSD student, ASU president, ASU student, and everybody else who was already mentioned.)




• 2:37 PM: David Edwards Awkward Skype introductions with Bharat all around!




• 2:39 PM: David Edwards Article submission form: chapter- and individual-dependent, disorganization of writer/article/abstract information




• 2:40 PM: David Edwards Article submission form (NEW): must write a whole bunch of stuff, including their full name, article title, abstract, abstract, associate editor(s), faculty editor(s), word count, article (highlight thesis statement), author bibliography, quotes in article, image requests.




• 2:46 PM: David Edwards Article submission form (NEW): highlighted thesis statement? not supported, becomes more formulaic (USCD student, ASU president); retraction…sorry, everybody. Ignore everything I just typed.




• 2:47 PM: David Edwards Online archiving: e-publishing of shorter articles, but nothing inclusive from all TTH International publications




• 2:47 PM: David Edwards Online archiving (NEW): proper archiving/display on TTH website, expands readership of articles and provides publishing venue for non-print journals




• 2:50 PM: David Edwards Website: chapter and international separate website? (UCSD student), branching out from international to individual chapters, e-publishing is same level as international website




• 2:52 PM: David Edwards Everyone crowding into Bharat.




• 2:53 PM: Jennifer Yang um….. people raided to see Bharat HAHAHA




• 2:53 PM: Jennifer Yang * jen ong wants amazing notes. david has it covered to the tee




• 2:55 PM: Jennifer Yang standardized way of looking at submissions?




• 2:55 PM: Jennifer Yang want to put at the end of article: “also published in _______ [chapter name]” –> agreed!




• 2:56 PM: Jennifer Yang bharat: author bio at the end of articles will say “this author will also be published in _____”




• 2:58 PM: Jennifer Yang chika: central production presentation –> central makes all layouts for non-spc’s




• 2:58 PM: David Edwards Central production: production changes/cycles, layout, triple helix centerfolds? (you can see their entire nitrogenous bases!)




• 2:58 PM: David Edwards Production: all chapter components, contributors, etc.




• 2:59 PM: David Edwards Production structure: cool circle diagram which shows how chapter/local production function and intertwine, difficult to convey into words, sorry.




• 3:00 PM: Jennifer Yang less communication with SPC’s




• 3:00 PM: Jennifer Yang not communication, oops, less talk during editing process




• 3:01 PM: David Edwards Self-producing chapters: oh, Jennifer took all that. Nice!




• 3:01 PM: David Edwards Production deadlines: prefer everything early as possible (staff lists, president’s message, local news section, etc.) [for non-SPC]




• 3:03 PM: David Edwards Efficiency issues: include information, people. That’s just basic. Don’t leave out simple stuff like staff lists or screen articles. Like, where are the titles, people? Just pick one instead of including both. Everything together, man. Everything together. (Also, do author bios.)




• 3:04 PM: David Edwards (contd.): Also, respond quickly. Like a gangrenous wound. Don’t let it fester and get all blackened and a perfect candidate for amputation.




• 3:05 PM: Jennifer Yang prob: all adobe system for central is on campus, so it’s hard during break




• 3:05 PM: David Edwards (contd.) Also, contact people before break. Some people are spending time with family and friends.




• 3:06 PM: Jennifer Yang Q: what does production expect from lit now?




• 3:06 PM: David Edwards Important deadlines: March 6 (everything in), March 13 (last Saturday before spring break), May 1 (end of production cycle)




• 3:06 PM: David Edwards A: Whatever needs to get submitted!




• 3:06 PM: Jennifer Yang (will ask Zain to post the slides from all the sessions online later)




• 3:06 PM: Jennifer Yang end of prod cycle: don’t disrupt people’s final studying!




• 3:07 PM: David Edwards (No, that’s a sarcastic answer. Sorry, we’ll be more specific and less sarcastic.)




• 3:09 PM: Jennifer Yang Q (ASU): ASU’s an SPC – received some IF’s that were poorly formatted; some parts hidden, difficulty of resizing, reformatting everything again. not CS problem




• 3:09 PM: Jennifer Yang suggestion: dropbox can share a checklist




• 3:10 PM: Jennifer Yang that all production at central and local chapters and utilize – same check list, so that formatting can be most consistent

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