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Insights on Scholarly Publishing Opportunities

What do you do when you want to turn your research into a publishable piece of scholarship – either a book or a scholarly journal article?  Perhaps your thesis was very well received by your dissertation committee and you were encouraged to seek a publisher for it; perhaps you have a research leave or are looking towards tenure or promotion as you progress in your academic career.  How do you begin to get the results of your research published?  What is the role of the editor, how do scholarly publishers acquire books, what do you need to do to...
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12th Century Manuscript on the Pilgrimage to St. James of Compostela

Perhaps you’ve seen the recent news articles (Spanish, English, and BoingBoing post) about the recovery of a “priceless” Spanish manuscript on the history of the pilgrimage of St. James? Don’t think you’ll get to Santiago de Compostela, Spain anytime soon to make the pilgrimage yourself? You can still see a facsimile of the Codex calixtinus here in the Baylor University Libraries. We have a beautifully re-created facsimile in our Special Collections and you can arrange to see it by contacting either :  Susan_Bowlin@baylor.edu (254-710-4791) or Jennifer_Borderud@baylor.edu (254-710-6677). The manuscript and our facsimile include music for the Catholic mass for...
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British Documents on Foreign Affairs series

Queen Victoria’s empire was famed as an empire on which the sun never set.  Looking at a map of the British Empire from 1886 shows just how diverse and widespread British rule and interests were.  From about 1850 on the British Foreign Office printed important diplomatic documents to be read by the Monarch and to be shared with British diplomats.  These documents represent the treaties, government proclamations, memos and reports from embassy or foreign office personnel back to the Foreign Office (FO).  Selections from this “Confidential Print” series have been collected in book form in: The British Documents on...
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