Well here we are again either in anticipation of the office party or you may even already have the scars and hangover already. This week I would like you to tell me your favorite christmas party. Any gossip at them, who got off with who, you know the drill.
I ask because our one at our publishing party always has something going down (usually the mulled wine). One year I was in between 2 doctors (easy) doing the can can, I had my arms around their necks and had a bottle of bubbly in each hand. Fortunately the photographer was off somnewhere tasting the sherry, so no pics.
Also is what I would like to know is what others do and what lavishness and merriment they get up to, how big are the publisher parties? What happens to those people that work remotely do they crack open a turkey and eat it on their own?
What embarrasing moments have you had with your colleagues, anyone photocopied their bum yet?
I’m off to see a man about a dog now, so have fun.
Toodle pip
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Tis the season to cover leave
Well, it looks like swine flu has not taken our countries by storm as of yet. I hope you all have a business continuity plan in case it still comes about. Talking of sickness, it is the season for fun frivolity and sickness. Around this time of year many people go off for various reasons, and yes even the hangovers kick in.
How much sickness happens in your offices and how does the work get covered? I know last year I touched on cover at Christmas and the census was that the office closes down for the holiday period (sounds like a good plan to me). There are some that are beavering away in the office, which I can only assume they are catching up as no other soul is working, so there is no one to instant message, email, phone, twitter, blog...
ISMTE will be working hard in the new year to ramp up the resources area and will be working on the 2 conferences that are being held next year, one in the US and one in the UK again. I think our members will be pleasantly surprised with the amount of work on the resources that will be taken in 2010. Watch this space.
Anyway off for a mince pie and a glass of something or other.
Toodle pip
How much sickness happens in your offices and how does the work get covered? I know last year I touched on cover at Christmas and the census was that the office closes down for the holiday period (sounds like a good plan to me). There are some that are beavering away in the office, which I can only assume they are catching up as no other soul is working, so there is no one to instant message, email, phone, twitter, blog...
ISMTE will be working hard in the new year to ramp up the resources area and will be working on the 2 conferences that are being held next year, one in the US and one in the UK again. I think our members will be pleasantly surprised with the amount of work on the resources that will be taken in 2010. Watch this space.
Anyway off for a mince pie and a glass of something or other.
Toodle pip
Friday, 20 November 2009
Plagiarism and tools
Plagiarism seems to be the talk of the town lately, cross-check have been busy with a tool (I-Thenticate). It was originally piloted by various publishers and it appears to work. I'd like to know if anyone has taken the plunge and put this on their journal. We have dabbled and it is a very useful tool, the only thing we are trying to measure now is how much of staff's time it is taking. Questions like what threshold % should you give? At what stage of your tracking system should you have it. In an ethical world it would be at submission stage but then there is a cost involved and you are paying for something that may be immediately rejected. So at revision or acceptance stage?
What happens when something goes over the threshold you then need to investigate. You need to familiarise yourself with the policy of plagiarism and self-plagiarism. COPE will be able to help you there with a flowchart which are in the resources area of ISMTE http://ismte.org/resources.html
Can people leave some comments regarding what they think of it and what they are doing about it.
There have been presentations at publisher meetings and manuscript tracking meetings, so you should be quite aware of it.
Give me a hoot
Toodle pip.
What happens when something goes over the threshold you then need to investigate. You need to familiarise yourself with the policy of plagiarism and self-plagiarism. COPE will be able to help you there with a flowchart which are in the resources area of ISMTE http://ismte.org/resources.html
Can people leave some comments regarding what they think of it and what they are doing about it.
There have been presentations at publisher meetings and manuscript tracking meetings, so you should be quite aware of it.
Give me a hoot
Toodle pip.
Friday, 13 November 2009
A bad day
Having one of those days, so I am just going to rant today, feel free to join me ranting.
Had a bad night as one of the bambinos has a cold and had me awake nearly all night. So a grumpy start to the morning. Looked out the window and it was raining cats and dogs.
Walking to train station this morning had a Bridgette Jones moment, a car went through a puddle and soaked me from head to foot, the driver acually sped up to make sure I got a soaking.
Got into work this morning wet, cold and coffee less (starbucks was closed).
Took one look at my emails and wanted to find a small bloke to have a fight. Everything is annoying me today, even more than usual.
I think people can easily pick up on how tired you are and then go fishing to try to annoy you, unfortunately I always bite the bait.
Moan
Moan
Moan
I'm off for a very large glass of Merlot.
toodle pip
Had a bad night as one of the bambinos has a cold and had me awake nearly all night. So a grumpy start to the morning. Looked out the window and it was raining cats and dogs.
Walking to train station this morning had a Bridgette Jones moment, a car went through a puddle and soaked me from head to foot, the driver acually sped up to make sure I got a soaking.
Got into work this morning wet, cold and coffee less (starbucks was closed).
Took one look at my emails and wanted to find a small bloke to have a fight. Everything is annoying me today, even more than usual.
I think people can easily pick up on how tired you are and then go fishing to try to annoy you, unfortunately I always bite the bait.
Moan
Moan
Moan
I'm off for a very large glass of Merlot.
toodle pip
Monday, 2 November 2009
twittering tweeter
Twitter, I have finally moved into the 21st century and gone on to twitter. It is not very full filling though as I am twittering and only have one follower, rubbish, I have no friends :o(
I intend to use it as a source of information as I can follow networks such as the BBC or CNN, also when I do have some followers I intend to reach out to ask questions work related or personal related or just out of interest.
Recently there has been a big hoo haaa about Stephen Fry threatening to leave twitter, now that blighter has nearly a million followers, read the story on: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/nov/02/stephenfry-digital-media
If anyone wants to be my friend then follow me, I am only tweeting rubbish at the mo but intend to use it for better needs when i have followers. Or don't be my friend, then I will cry.
Now get following:
http://twitter.com/Garyebryan
Toodle pip
I intend to use it as a source of information as I can follow networks such as the BBC or CNN, also when I do have some followers I intend to reach out to ask questions work related or personal related or just out of interest.
Recently there has been a big hoo haaa about Stephen Fry threatening to leave twitter, now that blighter has nearly a million followers, read the story on: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/nov/02/stephenfry-digital-media
If anyone wants to be my friend then follow me, I am only tweeting rubbish at the mo but intend to use it for better needs when i have followers. Or don't be my friend, then I will cry.
Now get following:
http://twitter.com/Garyebryan
Toodle pip
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Kindle
Hi All
Kindle has arrived yipeeee!!!
What on earth am I talking about, I have no idea, all the twenty somethings in my office were banging on about the kindle has reached the UK. I sit there nodding trying to look enthusiastic and look like I know what the hell they are talking about.
It turns out it is a book, well I say a book it is a device that stores content. It was made by Amazon and if you own a kindle you can download e-books onto it and you have access to other digital media you can download. So you can download a newspaper onto it or a journal onto it, or articles onto it, anything digital i suppose.
On October the 19th the kindle reached the UK (hence the excitement) it is called Kindle 2 (international edition).
On Amazon.com there are about 300,000 items available to download.
Low and behold sitting on the train this morning this chap pulled one out of his briefcase (easy). It looked quite neat, I saw he was reading the Times newspaper that I assumed he had downloaded that morning. But no he started getting live news, so it is wireless too.
I then got glared at as I was now staring at his small screen and then a loud tut, so I had to go back to my paper based book which has the great look and smell and feel of.... well a book.
Must admit though it would save a lot of wall space on my bookshelves.
Toodle pip.
Kindle has arrived yipeeee!!!
What on earth am I talking about, I have no idea, all the twenty somethings in my office were banging on about the kindle has reached the UK. I sit there nodding trying to look enthusiastic and look like I know what the hell they are talking about.
It turns out it is a book, well I say a book it is a device that stores content. It was made by Amazon and if you own a kindle you can download e-books onto it and you have access to other digital media you can download. So you can download a newspaper onto it or a journal onto it, or articles onto it, anything digital i suppose.
On October the 19th the kindle reached the UK (hence the excitement) it is called Kindle 2 (international edition).
On Amazon.com there are about 300,000 items available to download.
Low and behold sitting on the train this morning this chap pulled one out of his briefcase (easy). It looked quite neat, I saw he was reading the Times newspaper that I assumed he had downloaded that morning. But no he started getting live news, so it is wireless too.
I then got glared at as I was now staring at his small screen and then a loud tut, so I had to go back to my paper based book which has the great look and smell and feel of.... well a book.
Must admit though it would save a lot of wall space on my bookshelves.
Toodle pip.
Friday, 9 October 2009
An election message from the president of ISMTE
October is a very important month for our society with two important activities that have to be undertaken.
ISMTE is to hold its first elections. The Executive Committee, as per our bylaws, chose the slate for 2010 including the positions of President and Secretary. This year all candidates are running unopposed. Despite this fact, legally we are obligated to hold a vote and you will be able to vote for the candidates via a personalized email sent by ISMTE.
Full details regarding the candidates and the election process can be found in the October issue of EON, now available at www.ismte.org. All the candidates have contributed significant effort over the last year towards advancing the aims of the society. There will be several opportunities to join the board in 2011, and new faces with fresh ideas and a willingness to work hard on behalf of the society are always welcome. Critical to an appointment to the board is a demonstrated record of committee work, an issue that segues nicely into our next important October initiative…
ISMTE is to make significant efforts to get its committees functioning industriously. Our goal is to dramatically strengthen the resources we offer and the training we provide. Members have expressed an interest in seeing greater depth to both areas. It is important to remember ISMTE is not a corporation but a volunteer-run organization. We launched so we could learn from one another, and being a part of either the resource or training committee, and developing materials alongside peers, represents a tremendous step towards meeting our educational goals. It is also a great way to make new friends and contacts. Additionally, we are looking for talented individuals that can help our membership and meeting planning committees. If you are interested in getting involved with a committee please let me know as soon as possible at journal@ahsnet.org.
Committees will be convening later this month so please let me know quickly.
Finally, we hope to be able to announce to members soon the appointment of a new executive director to replace Beverlee, who so unexpectedly died last month. This will ensure we are back to operating with 100% management efficiency.
Best wishes
Jason Roberts, PhD
President, ISMTE
ISMTE is to hold its first elections. The Executive Committee, as per our bylaws, chose the slate for 2010 including the positions of President and Secretary. This year all candidates are running unopposed. Despite this fact, legally we are obligated to hold a vote and you will be able to vote for the candidates via a personalized email sent by ISMTE.
Full details regarding the candidates and the election process can be found in the October issue of EON, now available at www.ismte.org. All the candidates have contributed significant effort over the last year towards advancing the aims of the society. There will be several opportunities to join the board in 2011, and new faces with fresh ideas and a willingness to work hard on behalf of the society are always welcome. Critical to an appointment to the board is a demonstrated record of committee work, an issue that segues nicely into our next important October initiative…
ISMTE is to make significant efforts to get its committees functioning industriously. Our goal is to dramatically strengthen the resources we offer and the training we provide. Members have expressed an interest in seeing greater depth to both areas. It is important to remember ISMTE is not a corporation but a volunteer-run organization. We launched so we could learn from one another, and being a part of either the resource or training committee, and developing materials alongside peers, represents a tremendous step towards meeting our educational goals. It is also a great way to make new friends and contacts. Additionally, we are looking for talented individuals that can help our membership and meeting planning committees. If you are interested in getting involved with a committee please let me know as soon as possible at journal@ahsnet.org.
Committees will be convening later this month so please let me know quickly.
Finally, we hope to be able to announce to members soon the appointment of a new executive director to replace Beverlee, who so unexpectedly died last month. This will ensure we are back to operating with 100% management efficiency.
Best wishes
Jason Roberts, PhD
President, ISMTE
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