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Publishing
Studies Workshop
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preparation Center for Publishing Development is pleased to announce a Publishing Studies Workshop, which will take place in Budapest on 30 October – 3 November, 2000. The objective of the workshop will be to assist the staff of publishing studies and other publishing provision centers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in reviewing the functioning of their institutions. The review will be comprehensive including the following issues: the role of publishing training centers, curriculum, learning material, teaching and learning, quality assurance, management (including marketing and financing). The review will also be practical in character as participants will review and redesign their own courses as the workshop progresses. The course director will be Paul Richardson, head of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies. The workshop will be preceded by a special presentation on the impact of new technologies on publishing on 28 October 2000.
The course is free of charge for participants from Eastern Europe and Central Asia and all local costs will be covered, however, they will be expected to contribute towards the cost of travel. The registration deadline is 15 September 2000.
Candidates should send their CV and a page-long essay explaining why they want to participate in the workshop. They should also declare how much they will contribute towards the cost of travel. All documents should be in English. They should reach the following address NO LATER than the deadline:
Decisions about their participation in the workshop will be announced
by the end of September. delegate preparation
Publishing Studies Workshop Delegates will have to submit short papers of up to 1,500 words on key
issues for Publishing Education, Training and Professional Development
in their particular markets. The papers should be submitted electronically
and in English to Ms.Monika Horvath (mhorvath@osi.hu)
by 13 October. They will be collated and sent out as a bulletin
in advance of the workshop. There is no format for the papers but they may cover some or all of
the following:
Saturday 28 October 2000: The new Publishing Environment: new technologies and publishing Michael Holyoke on e-books, WAP and the future of Electronic Publishing The main course Sessions will involve group work where participants will discuss their own experiences and practices. There will be a project running through to produce one or more units of study, which can be recognised transnationally. Monday 30 October 2000 Course leaders: Paul Richardson and Adrian Bullock: Developing Programmes
for Publishing Education and Training Delegate presentations of their national publishing industry profiles
and education/training issues.
Curriculum Development and course design
Project and independent work Tuesday 31 October 2000 Course leaders: Paul Richardson and Adrian Bullock: Developing Teaching and Learning Materials
Approaches to assessment
Project and independent work Wednesday 1 November 2000 Course leaders: Paul Richardson, Adrian Bullock and John Whitley: Setting Standards and Awards
Supporting Teaching and Learning (running into Thursday)
Project and Independent Work Thursday 2 November 2000 (Carry on from Wednesday) Course leaders: Paul Richardson and John Whitley: Establishing Centers for Publishing Development Role of Higher Education, general training organization, trade bodies
Project and Independent Work Friday 3 November 2000 Course leaders: Paul Richardson and John Whitley
Professor Paul Richardson
Professor Paul Richardson is the Head of the School of Art, Publishing and Music of the Centre for Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University. He has over thirty years of experience as a publisher, including senior management roles in leading educational publishing houses such as Heinemann and Macmillan. He has worked worldwide on projects for the British Government Know-How Fund, the British Council, the World Bank and the Soros Foundations and in particular has worked in almost every country in East and Central Europe. He recently produced a report on the Book Marker of Hungary and is the project co-ordinator for a EU research project on publishing training needs in East and Central Europe and a major Tempus Tacis programme to promote publishing education in Ukraine. Adrian Bullock
Adrian Bullock is the international liaison manager for the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies and a Senior Lecturer in Publishing. He has worked as a senior manager for OUP in Oxford and in India and has undertaken training and consultancy on textbooks for international agencies including the World Bank, the Asia Development Bank, UNICEF and the British Council. This work has included projects in many parts of East and Central Europe, Spain and Germany. John Whitley John Whitley, Chief Executive of the Publishing Training Centre has been running and managing small training companies for most of the last 15 years. He spent his early working life as a teacher of English before moving into commerce in 1985 with DC Gardner, a banking training business. Two years later, with no sales or marketing experience, he found himself appointed Sales and Marketing Director and, as he says, has been "flying by the seat of his pants" ever since! Prior to taking the reins at Publishing Training Centre he was Executive Director of Thomas Telford Training, the training company of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Here he was responsible for turning an ailing division into a star performer within 12 months. Michael Holyoke
Michael Holyoke studied Art History and Mathematics at Columbia and Philosophy at Cambridge before becoming database programmer and designer for Blackwell Library Services. He was later a multimedia designer, author and animator for a number of publishers and government agencies. He is now On-line Development Manager at Helikon, one of Britain’s leading electronic publishers working on e-books, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant – a small, hand-held keyboardless device with computing facilities) and WAP (Wireless Application Protocol making access to the internet through mobile phones and PDAs possible). He has developed the first encyclopaedia designed for on-line television which will be launched in August 2000. |
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