In order to improve the quality and quantity of book manuscripts produced by UGM, both by lecturers and education staff, the Directorate of Research held a “2023 Book Writing Workshop” on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 in Multimedia Room I, UGM Central Building.
The event began with remarks from the Director of Research, Prof. Dr. Mirwan Ushada, STP., M.App.Life.Sc., who in his speech expressed his hope that participants would immediately be able to start the preparation of their respective tri dharma works in the form of books, and that hopefully this workshop would produce outcomes that can be facilitated for the publishing process.
The speakers were Dr. Mutiah Amini, M.Hum., from the Faculty of Humanities, in the first session, with the theme “Becoming an Author of Reference Books and Textbooks, What’s the Difficulty?”, followed by Dr. rer. nat. Wiwit Suryanto, S.Si., M.Si., from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, in the second session, who provided an introduction into LaTeX typesetting, with “Writing a Book in LaTeX Format”. Participants showed enthusiasm following the presentations from both speakers, as evident in the discussion and QA session, where participants asked for writing tips and had discussions with both speakers, in terms of their book publishing experience.
Furthermore, there was a socialization session of the publishing program by the UGM Press Manager, Dr. I Wayan Mustika, S.T., M.Eng., and an explanation of the book publishing and marketing process by the UGM Press team.
The “Book Writing Workshop 2023” ended with a Manuscript Clinic for offline participants who already had a draft of their manuscript. This activity was expected to facilitate participants who already have a manuscript so that their work is ready to be published through UGM Press. This hybrid activity was attended by 53 participants, comprising lecturers and education staff who attended offline and no less than 57 participants who attended online. [Umar/Kiki]