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Publication Forms

IDRC Author Questionnaire: information about you and your book 

IDRC Transfer of Copyright : a legal form 

IDRC Permission to Publish: another legal form 

IDRC Manuscript Checklist: a helpful guide to assembling your manuscript 

IDRC Author Questionnaire

1. Names and roles of all authors or editors of manuscript (as they should appear in print and in the final order for citation; please describe briefly the role each author or editor played in the production of the manuscript): 

2. Full working title of manuscript:

3. Your name as it is to appear in print:

4. Your current postal address, phone and fax numbers, and email address:

5. Your permanent address if different from above:

6. Your work postal address, phone and fax numbers, and email address:

7. Your nationality:

8. Your place and date of birth:

9. Education (please list college, university, specializations, degrees with dates, and honours): 

10. Research (please list any research, discoveries, inventions, patents, and publications that are related to the manuscript): 

11. Previous books, articles, or publications (please list titles, publishers, and dates): 

12. Affiliations (please list pertinent academic, business, governmental, and professional affiliations, present and past; include professional and other honours, and relevant offices held): 

14. Main theme (in one sentence, please express the book's scope and theme): 

15. Audience(s) for whom this book was written:

16. Originality (why this book differs from other books on the same subject): 

17. Other books in the same field (please give titles and publication dates of similar or competing books): 

18. Reviewers (please list at least five prominent people from whom IDRC might solicit an endorsement or review the book; please supply complete names, titles, and addresses): 

19. Reviews and advertising (please list periodicals, newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, domestic and foreign, that are most likely to review the book or where notice of the book might be especially effective; please highlight major journals): 

20. Mailing lists (please list professional groups and other organizations whose mailing lists might be useful in promoting the book): 

21. Copublishing (please list any foreign or domestic publishers you know of that might be interested in copublishing the book with IDRC in English or in other languages): 

22. Courses (please list academic courses for which the book might be used as a text or collateral reading): 

23. Events, exhibits, and awards (please list all upcoming conferences, seminars, conventions, and other events where the book might be displayed, and awards for which we should nominate the book): 

24. Other comments:

Completed by:

Date:

Please return this questionnaire promptly to: Publications Review Committee, IDRC Books, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9.

If you have any questions or require more information or clarification, send an email to Bill Carman, Managing Editor of IDRC Books. 

• Phone: (+1 613) 236-6163 ext. 2089
• Fax: (+1 613) 563-2476

 

 

IDRC Transfer of Copyright

I, 

hereby assign to the International Development Research Centre copyright to the work tentatively entitled 

throughout the world for the full period of copyright. This assignment includes the right to publish, distribute, and sell, or license others to publish, distribute, and sell, selections, abridgments, re-editions, translations, or adaptations of said work in either print or electronic form, or any other medium of publication or presentation, throughout the world without exception. 

If said work is not published in any of the above forms within two years of the date of this agreement, all rights conveyed herein shall revert to the undersigned. 

I hereby warrant that said work is original, that I am the owner of the copyright, and that this agreement does not violate any existing copyright agreement. 

Signature:

Date:

Please return the fully completed form to: IDRC Books, IDRC, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9

If you have any questions or require more information or clarification, send an email to Bill Carman, Managing Editor of IDRC Books. 

• Phone: (+1 613) 236-6163 ext. 2089
• Fax: (+1 613) 563-2476

 

 

IDRC Permission to Publish

I, 

hereby grant to the International Development Research Centre, concerning the work tentatively entitled 

the right to publish, distribute, and sell said work, including selections, abridgments, re-editions, translations, and adaptations, in either print or electronic form, or any other medium of publication or presentation. 

As the copyright holder, this does not limit my continuing right to use, publish, or license others to publish or adapt said work. 

I hereby warrant that said work is original, that I am the owner of the copyright, and that this agreement does not violate any other existing agreement. 

Signature:

Date:

Please return the fully completed form to: IDRC Books, IDRC, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9

If you have any questions or require more information or clarification, send an email to Bill Carman, Managing Editor of IDRC Books. 

• Phone: (+1 613) 236-6163 ext. 2089
• Fax: (+1 613) 563-2476

IDRC Manuscript Checklist

1. Electronic copy of manuscript

• Diskette: Is it the preferred size (3½ inch)? Is it clearly labeled? Does the label indicate both software and platform used? Are any graphics softwares specified? Is it properly packaged?

2. Hard copy of manuscript

• Title page: Are all authors listed? Are they listed in the proper order? Are family names underlined? Are all affiliations given? Are the names and project numbers of sponsoring organizations provided?

 
• Abstract: Is it no more than 200 words?

 
• Table of contents: Is it detailed enough? To page numbers correspond to the manuscript? Are all components listed?

 
• Foreword: Has it been properly signed and dated?

 
• Preface: Has it also been properly signed and dated?

 
• Acknowledgments: Have sponsors been mentioned?

 
• Executive summary: Are all important recommendations included?

 
• Body text: Is the manuscript double-spaced? Are all pages numbered? Are heading levels clearly differentiated? Are all tables and figures referred to? Are references cited as "author date" within the text?

 
• Appendix: Is this really appendix material? Would it be better as part of body text? Is it needed at all?

 
• Acronyms and abbreviations: Is the list complete? Are all acronyms and abbreviations also defined where they first appear in the text?

 
• Glossary: Are definitions easy to understand?

 
• Bibliography: Are all cited references included? Are all entries complete? Are they listed alphabetically? Is there enough information given so that the reader can find each publication listed?

 
• Index: Do page numbers correspond with the final manuscript?

 
• List of tables: Is the list complete? Does it state the location where the table is first cited?

 
• Tables: Are they all numbered and referred to in the text? Is each one on a separate page? Does the table complement the text, not repeat it?

 
• List of figures: Is the list complete? Does it state the location where the figure is first cited?

 
• Figures: Are they all numbered and referred to in the text? Is each one on a separate page? Has a hard copy of each figure been included? Have you included your slides or prints? Have you included data files for your graphs and charts?

 
• Author bios: Is all information up-to-date?

 

3. Documentation and forms

• Permissions to use copyrighted material: Have all necessary permissions been included with your submission?

 
• Copyright release: Have all authors signed this form?

 
• IDRC Author Questionnaire: Is it completed?

 
• Other information: Is there any other information about this submission that IDRC Books should be aware of? 

• Phone: (+1 613) 236-6163 ext. 2089
• Fax: (+1 613) 563-2476