Call for videos--WAAC Newsletter

Videos in the WAAC Newsletter

There are times when, no matter how articulate or skilled one might
be at technical writing, words cannot convey information clearly.
It can be nearly impossible to describe the exact method of
application of an adhesive, movement of a tideline, or aspects of an
architectural feature in the round.

The WAAC Newsletter would like to address this problem with the
addition of videos to the Newsletter to supplement the usual
categories of printed illustrations.  (This is not a new idea,
scientific journals have been doing it for some time.)

As with other illustrations, a full description should be included
in the written text (this is no excuse for lazy or sloppy writing)
with the video cited as a figure. In the printed newsletter, the
video will appear as a single illustration with a URL pointing to
the appropriate place on the WAAC website that hosts the video clip.
After six months to a year when the issue is moved to the WAAC
website, the online article will include a live hyperlink to the
video.

Submissions with videos will be accepted beginning immediately, with
the next issue due out in May, 2011.  (Articles with videos can be
accepted up until mid April 2011 for inclusion in the next issue.)

A complete description of the process and the guidelines for
submission and format can be found at

<URL:http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/wn/videoguidelines.html>

(And yes, we think this is very cool)

On a personal note, I've been editing this publication for quite a
while now.  The latest, January 2011, is my 50th issue.  time to add
something new

Carolyn Tallent
Editor


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