editing and publishing  



  • Writing, editing and linguistic skills
  • Mother tongue English
  • Guiding projects from initial idea and feasibility study to published content
  • Insight and sensitivity into diverse cultures and ethos in academia, libraries, publishing and not-for-profits
  • Working across cultures, professional disciplines and traditional boundaries
  • Management of the grant-funding cycle for Trusts and Foundations
  • Scoping, bid-writing and reporting for organizations seeking funding
  • Publishing consultant
  • Researcher and bid writer
  • Commissioning and copy editor
  • Revisor: post-translation edit


  • Libraries
  • Publishing houses
  • Universities
  • Not-For-Profit Organizations
  • Cultural heritage
  • Information and Knowledge Management (KM) 

content writing  


  • Presenting technical material to general readership
  • Marketing material, reports, project proposals and reports
  • Bids and Proposals for Funding
  • Annual Reports, promotional and corporate marketing
  • Presentations, Reports, Briefing Papers, Research Reports 

WRITING

EDITING and COPY EDITING  


  • Briefing and Policy papers
  • Research reports
  • Online learning resources


My experience in publishing and policy development ensures content is published in an appropriate style for diverse readers and stakeholders 


  • Humanities, arts, social sciences
  • Social, public and health policy
  • Information management
  • Libraries and cultural heritage
  • Digital Libraries
  • Information Society
  • Grey Literature
  • Information Ethics
  • Academic and scholarly publishing
  • Reference Works, Journals
  • Monographs, Bibliographies
  • Conference Proceedings
  • Multi-Lingual Catalogues
  • Print and Digital

PROJECT MANAGEMENT 


  • Sensitivity and insight of the culture and ethos in academia, libraries, publishing and not-for-profits


  • Working dynamically across cultures, professional disciplines and traditional boundaries


  • Grant management: monitoring ,  evaluation, quality assurance 


  • Grant funding: scoping, bid writing, reporting, dissemination


  • Guiding projects from initial scoping and feasibility study to published content

Publishing: the occupation or activities of preparing and issuing books, journals and other material for sale

Editorial and publishing


  • Presenting technical material to general readership


  • Marketing material 


  • Project proposals and reports


  • Bids and Proposals for Funding


  • Annual Reports, promotional and corporate marketing


  • Presentations, Reports, Briefing Papers, Research Reports 


An essential guide in information management

for the voluntary sector


Edited and designed by

 Sylvia Simmons

(with D Grimwood-Jones). Published by Aslib/IMI

ISBN  0 85142 394 9


Information Insights: Case Studies in Information Management

Compiled and edited by

Sylvia Simmons

ISBN 0-851-42427-9

Guiding projects

from outline & scoping to published contenT


  • Monographs, scholarly publications, conference proceedings


  • Professional text books, curriculum and training resources


  • Website content: corporate material, Annual Reports


  • Presentation of technical material to non-professional readers


  • Bibliographies, multi-lingual catalogues (roman and non-roman scripts)


  • Bibliographic data from manuscripts and rare books


  • Reference works, journals, multi-part works  

what do you want to publish?

Who is your target market? 


Content, format & style will be 

different for each project  

SUBJECT AND SECTOR experience:

   

 British Library Research & Development:  information policy


 World ORT Union (NGO) : science, technology and ICT training


 Aslib:/IMI  information management  


LSJS/Office of Chief Rabbi: Le’ela: A Journal of Judaism Today: religion, philosophy, ethics


National Bureau for Students with Disabilities: Briefing papers for students, professionals and policy-makers : health, social, public policy


 Valmadonna Trust Library: Judaica/Hebraica, rare books and manuscripts , multi-lingual catalogues


 School of Oriental and African Studies: Judaica/Hebraica collections

 (Hebrew, Yiddish, European languages) Online bibliographic catalogues;  retrospective bibliographic catalogue  conversion ; digital libraries

TRANSLATION RIGHTS in a global digital market 

  • Copyright negotiation for authors and publishers  

  • Books published in one language reach only a limited target market and readers


  • Translation brings ideas, research and content to a wider readership