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Title
Professional and Scholarly Writing: Advice for Information Professionals and Academics
Author(s)
Richard J. Cox
Publisher
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Publication Year
2015-12-30
Abstract
There has been an explosion of new research and writing about all aspects of the information disciplines. Nevertheless, both academics and practitioners often find it difficult to engage in successful writing strategies. Indeed, writing is hard work, and doing it in a way that leads to publication is an even harder task. Since reading is essential to good writing, the challenges of learning to write are obvious. In this essay, I am drawing on many years of experience in writing and publishing, as well as considerable reading of writers’ memoirs, advice books on writing, literary studies, and other perspectives on the experience of writing in order to offer a set of approaches that can be pursued over a lifetime of scholarship and practice. Writing is a craft or art to be learned, and learning demands paying attention to the audience, having clear objectives, being an avid reader, and possessing the ability to accept and learn from criticism. While information professionals and scholars incessantly write for each other, there are large segments of the public and other disciplines who they ignore. Fortunately, the tools and resources for improving one’s writing are both broad and deep; discipline and realistic strategies are all that are required to improve one’s writing and, ultimately, to achieve success in publishing.
Keyword
Scholarly Publishing; Professional Publishing; Archival Publishing
Journal Title
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
Citation Volume
3
ISSN
2287-4577
DOI
10.1633/JISTaP.2015.3.4.1
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8. KISTI 간행물 > JISTaP > Vol. 3 - No. 4
Type
Article
URI
https://repository.kisti.re.kr/handle/10580/9374
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