Increase Contributions, ITB Gave Book Publishing Grants for Lecturers

By Luh Komang Wijayanti Kusumastuti

Editor Luh Komang Wijayanti Kusumastuti

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) as one of the leading universities in Indonesia has a role in disseminating knowledge. Contributions in sciences can be done through teaching, research, and publications. Through publications, the benefits and knowledge will be more widely felt by the public. However, the hope is still unmet. In terms of book publishing, ITB is still less publication than the other leading universities. Therefore, ITB gives awards to lecturers who have written a book in the form of grants Publishing Textbook Assistance to encourage an increase in the number of books produced by Ganesha's campus

Education Directorate ITB provides grants with a value of up to 20 million rupiah for the publication of textbooks. Textbooks are considered to have an additional function as a medium of learning of knowledge and skills besides scientific paper. This opportunity is open to all active lecturer ITB which can be derived from more than one group of expertise in the ITB. So the book to be published could be open to all scientific fields of teaching at ITB.

The kind of book is in the form of text books in the courses ITB 2013 curriculum with a minimum thickness of 120 pages that can be written in Bahasa and English. Such requirements of other publications, in the book should be included the original idea of ​​the author. Whether in the form of theories, methods, and research. And free from plagiarism and infringement of intellectual property rights. Schedule grant is important in this book, among others, on: July 8, 2015 Deadline proposal revenue July 31, 2015 Deadline manuscript entry August 28, 2015 Grant Winners Announced September 23, 2015 Entry of texts that have been corrected October 1, 2015 signing of the contract publishing November 30, 2015 Completed publication. The assessment team that comes from the Directorate of Education ITB has some elements assessed.

Among others, is original contribution of the writer, readiness manuscript for publication, suitability as a textbook through choice of language, approach, and availability of parts exercises and assignments. Conformity with ITB 2013 curriculum also be elements assessed as well as the systematics, the suitability of content with the title, and referral and indexing.

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