Yesterday,
guest speakers spoke on a variety of subjects. Dr. Luisa T. Camagay,
director of UP Press, talked about
"The
UP Press experience, its best practices, and an introduction to the
Philippine Association of Scholarly and Academic Publishers (PASAP)."
Dr. Oscar Campomanes of Ateneo de Manila University spoke on
"The
basics of writing articles and the journal review process."
Prof. J. Neil Garcia, a poet from UP Diliman, talked about
"Refereed
journals and the general organization of a journal article."
Dr. Isagani Cruz of De La Salle University Press spoke on
"Best
practices and alternative selling techniques for academic and
scholarly books." Today, Dr. Colin Leslie Day, director of
Hongkong University Press, leads the line up of speakers by talking
about "E-publishing for academic and scholarly publishers."
Following her are Atty.
Louie Calvario of IP Philippines who tackles copyright issues and the
importance of copyright policies, as well as
Anvil
Publishing's Gwenn Jessica Galvez, Central Books Supply's Jose Paolo
Sibal, Fuji Xerox Philippines' Ricky Muñoz,
and Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society's Alvin Buenaventura, who
will share their experiences and the latest trends and
practices in publishing.
The conference's
moderators are Andrea Pasion-Flores and Frances Jeanne Sarmiento,
Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director of NBDB.
This
is the second conference on academic publishing organized by NBDB,
following the first one in 2007 which gathered the biggest
university-based publishers in the country.
Photo
from
NBDB