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When Less Can Be More

By Barbara Gastel | Jan. 09, 2010

Hello again. I hope you’ve had a good week. This week, a former student e-mailed me a link to photos of her wedding. Later, a former colleague sent a link …

On New Year's Resolutions

By Barbara Gastel | Jan. 03, 2010

Greetings again. I hope 2010 has started well for you. In the United States, we tend to make New Year’s resolutions. Popular resolutions include exercising more, saving money, becoming better …

Online Advice from a Publisher

By Barbara Gastel | Dec. 27, 2009

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Welcome to our last blog post of 2009. I hope the year has gone well for you. Recently Julie Walker             at INASP mentioned that the publisher Elsevier has some good resources …

From Mexico City

By Barbara Gastel | Nov. 28, 2009

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Greetings from Mexico City, where I just finished leading a 3-day workshop on scientific writing. The workshop was organized by the biological sciences division of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Unidad …

Reminder: AuthorAID Survey

By Barbara Gastel | Nov. 24, 2009

Greetings! This extra post is to remind people about the AuthorAID survey. If you’ve already responded, thank you. If you haven’t yet responded, please do so. The survey can be …

From the Colombia Workshop

By Barbara Gastel | Nov. 15, 2009

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Greetings again from Colombia. The workshop given jointly by the International Foundation for Science (IFS) and AuthorAID ended yesterday. Today I return to the United States. I’ll miss the beauty …
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