MEDICAL GEOLOGY NEWSLETTER

OBJECTIVE

To publish a newsletter on Medical Geology, containing papers, articles, book reviews, accounts of conferences & workshops, etc., upcoming meetings, and interesting short pieces of news and information.

FREQUENCY

Twice a year, in June and December.

EDITORIAL POLICY

• The language of publication will be English.
• Articles should typically be about two pages long, of single spaced Times Roman 12 point text, including figures and tables. Longer articles may be included subject to space availability.
• Submissions may be edited to fit into the space available in the Newsletter or for clarity.
• A submitted item may be delayed to a subsequent newsletter. This will usually be because of space limitations.
• The current newsletter is not refereed. It is the editor’s responsibility whether or not to publish an item in the newsletter. In case of doubt, this will be referred to the members of the Journal Committee and/or the Chairman.
• Submission of an item implies the assignment of a non-exclusive copyright to the IMGA.
• Articles should not have been published previously. Summaries of previously published articles may be acceptable, but the editor should be advised, and a reference must be provided to the original publication. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that there are no copyright violations.

SUBMISSIONS

• Submissions should be in digital form. If this is not possible, there may be some limited ability to handle typed text or, if legible, hand written material.
• Text should be in English, preferably in MS Word 2000 format. It may be possible to handle other formats, but this cannot be guaranteed.
• Lists of references should be kept short, and longer lists should be obtainable from the author.
• Graphic material and tables may be submitted in colour and will be published in colour, if possible. However, since this is not always possible, authors should ensure that they will also be fully legible in black and white.
• Since graphic material may be reduced in size for publication, authors should ensure that it is designed to remains readable when reduced.
• Graphics formats that are compatible with MS Word 2000 are acceptable. Preferred file types are .jpg, .bmp, .gif, .wmf (Windows Metafile), but it may be possible to handle other formats.
• All articles should contain the author’s contact information.

FORMAT AND SOFTWARE

The present format is 16—20 pages of A4 size paper, folded and stapled, prepared using MS Publisher. Although there have been some problems with this software until such time as a decision to change is made, this will continue.

CONTRIBUTIONS 

It will only be possible to publish a newsletter twice a year if there are enough contributions.  IMGA members should be encouraged to submit items for the newsletter. Submissions should be sent to:

Dr. David C. Elliott, Newsletter Editor

3507 Boulton Rd. NW, Calgary, Alberta T2L 1M5, Canada.

(403) 220 1853 Home or (403) 297 4008 Work

davide5@telus.net

TIMELINE

All material should be submitted to the editor no later than four weeks before the publication date. This allows for:

Mailing of completed CD of newsletter to Sweden 1 week

Note: Recent newsletters have been too large to send by e-mail.

Preparation of CD’s 1 week

Final editing 2 weeks

Therefore:

Newsletter No. 9 May 15^th 2006 June 15^th 2006

Newsletter No. 10 November 15^th 2006 December 15^th 2006