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Promoting a Culture That Values Writing

By Barbara Gastel | Sep. 13, 2009

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Greetings again. Thank you for so warmly welcoming AuthorAID graduate assistant Bernard Appiah. I’m writing to you from Monterrey, Mexico, where I just finished giving a workshop at Universidad Autónoma …

Arabic Translations of the Slides: Shukran!

By Barbara Gastel | Aug. 30, 2009

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Greetings again. As you might have seen, the AuthorAID Resource Library now contains PowerPoint slides in Arabic, translated from presentations at AuthorAID workshops. Here’s the story behind these translations. At …

Writing and Publishing a Book: Some Help

By Barbara Gastel | Aug. 17, 2009

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Greetings again. Earlier this month, I received an e-mail message from a researcher who attended the first AuthorAID workshop. The subject line of the message was “Help!” The researcher explained …

Where Should I Publish or Present My Work?

By Barbara Gastel | Aug. 08, 2009

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“Where should I publish or present my work?” researchers often wonder. A variety of resources can help answer this question. The AuthorAID presentation “Publishing a Journal Article” includes advice on …

Some Learning from Teaching

By Barbara Gastel | Jul. 23, 2009

Greetings again. I’m preparing this blog post early, because this weekend I’ll be away from the computer to attend a wedding. My summer-school teaching will end soon. For me, teaching …

2 Short Items

By Barbara Gastel | Jul. 12, 2009

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  Hello. I’m writing to you in the early morning, after returning from the airport. I was dropping off a Mexican researcher who had just finished the intensive course in …
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