May 27, 2014

Event: How Digital Publishing Benefits from Strong Writing, Design, and Editorial Skills

On May 28, 2014, veteran professional editor Meg Taylor will talk about adapting publishing to the new online environment. Taylor is the editorial director of the Art Canada Institute, based at Massey College, University of Toronto. In November 2013, the ACI launched a series of 50 online art books, known as the "Online Art Book Project."

Taylor will discuss the development of the online art book concept and how traditional editorial and design skills benefit digital publishing. Paragraph length, the balance of text and visuals, and the handling of citations and references—these may need adjustment, but ultimately, the same basic principles we’ve been using throughout our careers in book and journal publishing apply to online publishing as well.

Taylor will also introduce the Ryerson University postgraduate Publishing program at Toronto, Canada, where she has taught Substantive & Stylistic Editing since 2005. Since 2011, she has been the academic coordinator for the program, commissioning new courses, such as Digital Publishing and Production, and working with subject matter experts and instructional designers to make all Publishing courses available online to students across Canada and internationally. Please see more details here. See the "Sample Distance Course Module" and the complete list of courses (20) at the bottom of the page.

Meg Taylor, who has been a SWET member since its founding in 1980, is an editor for publishers, curators, and scholars in Canada, the United States, and Asia, specializing in books and catalogues on art and architecture, Japanese literature in translation, and general nonfiction. She is the editorial director for the Art Canada Institute and the Online Art Book Project, which launched in 2013. Her in-house experience ranges from Weatherhill in Tokyo (now an imprint of Shambhala in Boston) to Doubleday Canada. For many years, she has served on the Trillium Book Award jury. She is the academic coordinator for the postgraduate Publishing program at Ryerson University.

Date: May 28, 2014 (Wednesday)

Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m. for visiting)

Place: International House of Japan, Seminar Room 401 (Map)

Fee: ¥1,000 for SWET members; ¥1,500 for non-members