Speakers
Session 2 – breakout seminars (running concurrently)
This session is best suited to proofreaders who are interested in learning about, and being involved in shaping the future of, good practice markup.
Since PDF markup became normal working practice, publishers and proofreaders have been working out their own ways to mark up proofs without a set of industry standards to guide them. These methods usually evolve from the perspective of Editorial without an understanding of Design practices. The results often don’t take advantage of the full functionality of the software and the efficiencies a more uniform approach can bring for both Editorial and Design. Existing guidance is patchy, often trailing behind the latest software updates. And, most importantly, many editorial professionals don’t know what they don’t know, so are unaware of the potential for huge improvement across the industry.
Join panel speakers for a discussion about what we are currently doing, what we could and should be doing, and how we can get there. Do we need a new set of BSI standards for PDF markup? Is this even possible? Can we agree a set of grounding principles instead? Who needs to be involved in this? Come and join the discussion – bring your thoughts, experiences and ideas and help shape the future at this key time of change.
Since 1999, Sarah Sodhi has proofed, tagged, bound, corrected, edited, managed, commissioned, subbed, scheduled, estimated and produced a great deal of content – from interactive, multimedia resources to marketing leaflets, from monthly magazines to 900-page medical tomes.
Starting her career at a small medical publisher in Oxford, Sarah produced medical textbooks, journals and a bi-monthly magazine. She then moved into the public sector to work for an adult education charity, introducing formal scheduling procedures, progress-chasing systems and detailed budgets. After this, she immersed herself in the education sector, where she continues to edit and manage digital and print resources for primary, secondary and adult education publishers.
For the past 15 years, Sarah has also been a tutor with the Publishing Training Centre, providing high-level and hands-on support in editorial skills, project management and, most recently, PDF markup.