{"id":262,"date":"2017-07-31T15:24:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T20:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nano-blog.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2022-09-02T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T18:06:22","slug":"nano-safety-educational-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nano-blog.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Nano-Safety Educational Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a book being published in late 2017 by De Gruyter called \u201cNano-Safety, Wheat We Need to Know to Protect Workers<\/em>\u201d [Ref. 1].\u00a0 (Full disclosure, I am one of the editors for the tome and co-author of two of the chapters.) \u00a0\u00a0I am covering this topic because we, the editors, are at the completion of a process that has taken well over two years.\u00a0 When you see a technical book, you may think \u201cI could have done that.\u00a0 It would be easy.\u201d\u00a0 So, I want to tell a story.\u00a0 The concept for the book came after more than six years in trying to establish the importance on nanotechnology safety and the need for training people in the proper handling of nanomaterials.\u00a0 This builds on my blog of December 13, 2014 that talks about the efforts to get contracts to develop the needed procedures.<\/p>\n

The material in the book is partially based on the evaluation of various feedback received from both students and professional reviewers of the two courses that were created.\u00a0 Once we had the feedback and the emphasis a that there was a need to develop a book that addresses nanotechnology safety (Nano-Safety), there was a need to find a publisher.\u00a0 This was not an easy process.\u00a0 One needs a technical publisher that is interested in the topic.\u00a0 Everyone wants nanotechnology this or nanotechnology that, but nanotechnology safety?\u00a0 That was another story.<\/p>\n

Of course, the publisher needs to see the outline of the chapters and the potential authors of chapters.\u00a0 The outline will go through \u00a0a number of revisions, partially because the publisher is looking for some specific ideas,\u00a0 There is also a need to have the authors still be working in the specific topic identified.\u00a0 This normally requires some modifications to content as authors change.<\/p>\n

Once there is a contract in place, the real work starts.\u00a0 Authors are informed to move forward and given a deadline of a year or so.\u00a0 Not hearing anything from the authors greater 9 months or more is usually a sign of some issues developing.\u00a0 Sometimes, a new author must be found.\u00a0 People get sick or change jobs or something else.\u00a0 So there is a need for the new author to meet a much tighter time schedule.\u00a0 Once the draft chapters are in hand, each must be reviewed by three or more people competent in the field.\u00a0 This is always a problem in emerging fields.<\/p>\n

Having the reviews of the chapters in hand, each author must be contacted a provided the comments from the reviewers, who are anonymous.\u00a0 Then the authors revise their manuscripts and submit them to the editors.\u00a0 Depending on the severity of the comments, the documents may need to go through another review process.\u00a0 If the comments are minor, the editors may check to ensure all the concerns were addressed properly.\u00a0 Then the manuscripts are sent to the publisher, who also reviews them.\u00a0 There may be interaction with editors on minor points.<\/p>\n

Next, the galley proofs arrive and each author needs to address the minor issues that are identified.\u00a0 Finally, the book is ready to move to the publisher\u2019s printing schedule.\u00a0 Considering everything that takes place, two years is not a long time.<\/p>\n

Reference 1:<\/strong> Nano-Safety, Dominick Fazarro, Walt Trybula, Jitendra Tate, Craig Hanks,\u00a0 De Gruyter Publisher 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-037375-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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