COUNCIL OF BIOLOGY EDITORS ANNUAL MEETING

[Jim Jones]

                            COUNCIL OF BIOLOGY EDITORS
                                  ANNUAL MEETING
                                  MAY 14-17, 1994
                                QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC


                                     ATTENTION
 Editors
  Editorial board members
   Peer reviewers
    Managing editors
     Manuscript editors
      Author's editors
       Authors
        Publishers

Come to the 38th Annual Meeting of the Council of Biology Editors for four
days of a stimulating mix of plenary and concurrent sessions and informal
networking. The topics listed below will be presented by experts in the
field of scientific publishing worldwide.


                                  KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Claude T. Bishop, Former Editor-in-Chief,
National Research Council of Canada Research Journals
and author of the book How to Edit a Scientific Journal


               ANNUAL MEETING PLENARY AND CONCURRENT SESSION TOPICS

Order out of chaos: managing multifile projects on computer
Does peer review suppress innovation?
Implementing change in pre-existing operations
Alternative forms of revenue for journals

Jerks or crooks?: the differences between ethics and etiquette in science
Understanding your organization's financial statements
Developing publishing contracts and agreements
Ethics and the publication of clinical genetics
"See-Quest"--perspectives on tables and graphs

Good language, good science--questions of usage in scientific editing
Pressures to cut corners on research
International marketing in the 90s
Projects: so who is in control here?

New publishing and information delivery services
Desktop vs traditional publishing: choosing appropriately
Heroic measures or euthanasia for ailing journals?
Research integrity: current controversies involving authorship standards
Editors and advertisers

An editor looks at the readers--are we meeting their needs?
Interviewing, selecting, and retaining employees
More informative journal articles: structured abstracts, titles, methods,
and derivatives
Adding value to information bases

My problem? Your problem: case studies in the author's editor's responsibilities
Prepublication release of information
 The use and importance of standard generalized markup language (SGML) to
scientific and technical publishing
A practical view of digital technology opportunities for STM publishers

The Vancouver Group--Who needs it?
Scientific book acquisition and publishing
CD-ROM making and marketing
 Document delivery services and contracts: the relationship between primary
and secondary publishers

The economics of publishing: contrasting the Canadian and U.S. models
Critical issues today in electronic information dissemination
Cost-cutting techniques for journals
The editorial board--prestige or purpose?
Manuscript tracking


Annual Meeting Registration Fees:

    Postmark before 14 April   Postmark after 14 April
CBE Member: $245 US/$348 CDN     $280 US/$398 CDN
Nonmember:*   $300 US/$426 CDN     $335 US/$476 CDN
    *Nonmember fee includes $55 dues for 1994 membership.

                            For a registration program
CALL, FAX, or WRITE to

Council of Biology Editors
Department AM
11 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: 312-201-0101
Fax: 312-201-0214
                    PRE- AND POST-CONFERENCE COURSES AVAILABLE

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                           PRE-ANNUAL CBE MEETING COURSE

                       CBE SHORT COURSE FOR JOURNAL EDITORS

Are you a newly appointed editor or an experienced editor looking for a refresher?

CBE offers a SHORT COURSE FOR JOURNAL EDITORS the two days before the
annual meeting--May 13 and 14 this year.

The program addresses
 * Journal content--policies and peer review
 * Journal management--manuscript tracking and journal production
 * Journal management--finances

Presented by
 Stephen Lock, MD, Editor Emeritus, British Medical Journal
 Morna Conway, PhD, President, The Conway Group
 Edward Huth, MD, Editor, Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials
 Robert Utiger, MD, Deputy Editor, The New England Journal of Medicine
 Diane Lang, Editorial Manager, Radiological Society of North America
 Carol Douglas, Production Manager, Radiological Society of North America
 Cheryl Iverson, MA, Editorial Processing Director, AMA Scientific Publications

Fees: CBE Member $295 (US) or $495 (Canadian)
  Nonmember* $360 (US) or $511 (Canadian)
    *Nonmember fee includes $55 dues for 1994 membership.

Registration limited to 50 participants.

                            For a registration packet
                               CALL, FAX, or WRITE

Council of Biology Editors
Department AM
11 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: 312-201-0101
Fax: 312-201-0214



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                          POST-ANNUAL CBE MEETING SEMINAR

                 "STATISTICS FOR THE EDITOR: WHEN TO ASK FOR HELP"

                            A 3-hour hands-on workshop
                                   conducted by
                             John C. Bailar, MD, PhD,
           Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
                                 McGill University

                               Tuesday, May 17, 1994
                                Fee $20 US/$28 CDN

                            For a registration packet
                               CALL, FAX, or WRITE

Council of Biology Editors
Department AM
11 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: 312-201-0101
Fax: 312-201-0214

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The Council of Biology Editors (CBE) is the leading organization for people
concerned with scholarly publishing in the sciences. One CBE publication,
the CBE Style Manual, is the style manual used by many scholarly journals
in science.

The 1100 members of CBE represent the breadth of interest in scientific
publishing--journal and book editors, managing editors, technical editors,
freelance editors, publishers, printers, and authors. The purpose of the
Council is to improve communication in the life sciences by educating
authors, editors, and publishers; by providing efficient means of
cooperation among persons interested in publishing in the life sciences;
and by promoting effective communication practices in primary and secondary
publishing in any form.

Any individual interested in the purpose of the CBE is eligible for regular
membership.

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