Full time students can register for the NYC Regional ScienceWriters Meeting, an afternoon of Artists and Science Writers: Finding Common Ground, at the discounted rate of $5.
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If you have ever written anything published in book form, you need to check the terms of the Google Book Settlement. Unfortunately, the documentation is about as user-friendly as an income tax return, and time is running out for opting out of the settlement. Help is now available. Kristine Smith, chair of the digital rights management committee of Novelists Inc., has compiled a nice set of examples of how to fill out the Google Book Settlement claims, which covers books and articles published in the past, sometimes the distant past. Read them here (PDF).
Here's the latest communique from the NASW board on what we're up to on your behalf: An NYC regional meeting, planning for the fall workshops, a call for outreach volunteers and more.
Here's the latest communique from the NASW board on what we're up to on your behalf.
The administrator of the Google settlement has asked NASW, through the Authors Coalition, to distribute the following notice to all our members. It contains important information about the rights of authors and other copyright owners under the settlement. Please give it your careful attention.
Three days after the U.S. House of Representatives renewed a 2003 bill that promotes exploration into the adverse health effects of nanoparticles, scientists convened to debate what form that assessment should take. The symposium, "Driving Beyond Our Nano-Headlights?", took place on 14 February at the AAAS meeting in Chicago.
From the new look for ScienceWriters to an eye-popping win for the Grievance Committee, news in the newest NASW Update is a telling reflection of the value of NASW.
Transparency is the buzzword. This is the execution -- or at least the beginning of it. The board plans to send member updates about once a month, news permitting, to keep you apprised of our activities on your behalf.
NASW and three other journalism organizations have submitted a joint letter to The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and The Honorable Lamar Smith (R-TX), Ranking Republican of the House Judiciary Committee, urging them to reject a recently introduced bill that would severely limit public access to taxpayer-funded scientific research.