UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7
8400 Oostende
Belgium
| 1 | Welcome, Introduction and course goals |
| 2 | Science as a Communcation Tool and the Scholarly Information Cycle |
| 3 | Publishing Fundamentals |
| 4 | Elements of a Scientific Publication |
| 5 | Publication Policies and Practices, Print vs Online Publications |
| 6 | Copyright Law |
| 7 | Style Conventions Common to Scientific Publications |
| 8 | Alphabets, symbols and signs |
| 9 | Fundamentals of punctuation, Prose style and choice of words,etc |
| 10 | Technical Elements of a Publication, Journal style and format, other types of scientific communications |
| 11 | Accessories to text (tables, figures, indexes) |
| 12 | Manuscript Preparation, Proofs |
| 13 | Literature Search/Online Publications and Databases |
| 14 | Citations and References I |
| 15 | Citations and References II |
| 16 | Reference Management Tools |
| 17 | Performance measurements and metrics |
| 18 | Library Resources and Products: Open Source and Commercial |
| 19 | Other typical types of professional writing Librarians produce: PowerPoint Presentations, Posters, Educational Materials, Résumés |
| 20 | Peer-Review Process |
| 21 | Web 2.0 in technology and science |
| 22 | Metrics for journals and research |
| 23 | Communicating Science to the General Public - Part 1 - practical exercise |
| 24 | Communicating Science to the General Public - Part 2 - practical exercise |