Location

UNLV Moyer Student Union 208

Start Date

16-4-2013 12:30 PM

End Date

16-4-2013 2:30 PM

Description

The dissemination of scholarly information through scholarly publishing is one of the most important requirements to be successful in academia. Approximately 25-45% of nursing scholarship has at least one reference error. Reference inaccuracy occurs in scholarly publishing because most faculty authors focus more on the writing than on the accuracy of the references or these authors inadvertently miss the reference errors. Nevertheless, inaccurate references hinder the retrieval of material if author names are misspelled or the year or volume number is incorrect. Also, this lack of precision can raise questions about the accuracy of other parts of the material and the overall quality of the faculty scholarship.
There are various strategies that authors can use to ensure reference accuracy: (a) the use of a reference manager software program ($100-$200/program), or (b) work with a copyeditor ($30-$50/hr). On the surface, the use of a copyeditor appears to be a more costly strategy than faculty use of a reference manager software. Also, many faculty do not have copyeditor skills; therefore, the use of a copyeditor may be the best strategy for faculty and university performance.

Keywords

Bibliographical citations; Nursing; Scholarly publishing

Disciplines

Education | Nursing

Language

English

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Apr 16th, 12:30 PM Apr 16th, 2:30 PM

Effectiveness of A Reference Accuracy Strategy For Faculty Scholarship

UNLV Moyer Student Union 208

The dissemination of scholarly information through scholarly publishing is one of the most important requirements to be successful in academia. Approximately 25-45% of nursing scholarship has at least one reference error. Reference inaccuracy occurs in scholarly publishing because most faculty authors focus more on the writing than on the accuracy of the references or these authors inadvertently miss the reference errors. Nevertheless, inaccurate references hinder the retrieval of material if author names are misspelled or the year or volume number is incorrect. Also, this lack of precision can raise questions about the accuracy of other parts of the material and the overall quality of the faculty scholarship.
There are various strategies that authors can use to ensure reference accuracy: (a) the use of a reference manager software program ($100-$200/program), or (b) work with a copyeditor ($30-$50/hr). On the surface, the use of a copyeditor appears to be a more costly strategy than faculty use of a reference manager software. Also, many faculty do not have copyeditor skills; therefore, the use of a copyeditor may be the best strategy for faculty and university performance.