Discussions
Upcoming events
- Victorian society: Everything you wanted to know about grammar but were too afraid to ask(Event)(6 days)
- SA Society meeting(Event)(18 days)
- SA Society workshop - Grammar, punctuation and all that jazz(Event)(20 days)
- EdEx 2008(Event)(27 days)
- Canberra Society of Editors AGM(Event)(27 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(31 days)
- SA Society Workshop: Annual reports and the meaning of life(Event)(48 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(59 days)
- SfEP Conference St Catherine’s College, Oxford(Event)(64 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(94 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(122 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(150 days)
Links
International
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CSE: Council of Science Editors
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EASE: European Association of Science Editors
Internationally oriented community who share an interest in science communication and editing. -
MET: Mediterranean Editors and Translators
Association that brings together people in southern Europe who facilitate communication in English. - World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). Established in 1995, (pronounced “whammy”) is a voluntary association of editors from countries throughout the world who seek to foster international cooperation among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals.
Canada
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Editors' Association of Canada/L'Association Canadienne des Réviseurs
Promotes professional editing.
Hong Kong
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Women in Publishing Society
Promotes status of women in all areas of publishing.
Ireland
- Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers.
Established toprotect the interests of freelancers.
Japan
- Society of Writers Editors and translators (SWET). Based in Tokyo, Japan, SWET comprises people engaged not only in the three professions of writing, editing, and translating, but also in teaching, research, rewriting, design and production, copywriting, and other areas related to the written word in Japan.
Netherlands
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Society of English-Native-Speaking Editors (SENSE)
Association for English-language professionals working in the Netherlands.
South Africa
- Professional Editors' Group
Interest and support group for editors.
United Kingdom
The Society for Editors and Proofreaders http://www.sfep.org.uk/
The Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) is a professional organization based in the UK for editors and proofreaders – the people who strive to make text accurate and readable. It has two aims:
to promote high editorial standards
to achieve recognition of the professional status of its members and associates.
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Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC). Established for more than 50 years, the ISTC aims to set and improve standards for communication of the scientific and technical information supporting products, services and business.
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Society of Indexers. the British and Irish professional body for indexing. The Society exists to promote indexing, the quality of indexes and the profession of indexing.
United States
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Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) National, non-profit, professional organization of self-employed workers in publishing and communications industries.
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The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) was founded in 1940 to assist medical authors. The mission of the American Medical Writers Association is to promote excellence in medical communication and to provide educational resources in support of that goal. Through an extensive educational program, various publications, and unparalleled opportunities for networking, AMWA encourages and enables its members to extend their professional expertise.
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The American Society of Indexers (ASI) is the only professional organization in the United States devoted solely to the advancement of indexing, abstracting, and database building.
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Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE) Goals are to strengthen the profession of earth science editing; to foster education; and to promote the exchange of ideas of general and specific problems of selection, editing, and publication of research manuscripts, journals, serials, periodicals, and maps pertaining to the earth sciences.
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The Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) was founded in 1991 to evaluate the proficiency of manuscript editors in the life sciences and to award credentials similar to those obtainable in other professions.
