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Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
I am writing to remind you of the importance of working closely with
both the campus public affairs (for UCSB its Julie Cohen,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:julie.cohen@ucsb.edu">julie.cohen@ucsb.edu</a> ) and NSF's science communication officer for
environmental research (Cheryl Dybas <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cdybas@nsf.gov">cdybas@nsf.gov</a>) when preparing
news releases on your NSF funded SBC LTER research. NSF is very
interested in promoting the science that they fund and to do this
they need our help and cooperation. To this end, it is really
important that we<b> inform NSF of our results as they happen </b>(i.e.,
promoting tomorrow's news is much more important to them than
promoting yesterday's news)<b> and that we give proper attribution
to NSF in our </b><b>publications and news releases. </b><br>
<br>
Below are some guidelines for preparing news releases that NSF has
asked us to follow. <br>
<br>
1) If you have forthcoming journal papers or are giving
presentations at conferences, it would be helpful for NSF to hear
about them as much in advance as possible.<br>
2) For journal papers, if you could let NSF know when they’re at the
accepted stage, that would be much appreciated. Otherwise, with the
speed of online publishing these days, it’s often too late and the
embargo has lifted or is about to. <br>
3) When you hear of an acceptance, contact your university news
office, as well, so that they can coordinate their news efforts with
NSF.<br>
<br>
<br>
Many thanks for you cooperation in accomondating NSF's request.
Their support is critical to the continuation of our research
program. It is to our great advantage that we go the extra mile to
show our appreciation for their support by working with them to
ensure that their needs are met.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Dan<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Dan Reed
Marine Science Institute
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
phone: 805-893-8363</pre>
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