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If you are an author, editor, employee, or working partner of IDRC looking for information on our publishing activities, like how to get your manuscript published, you have come to the right place! Here, you will find the following information: 

• Frequently Asked Questions ... and the Answers — read this first!
• Guide to Authors — guidelines for preparing book-length manuscripts
• Guide to Contributors — guidelines for workshop participants and contributing authors
• Style Guide — for editors and proofreaders (full text online)
• Forms and Tools — everything you need to get down to work!

FAQs ... AND THE ANSWERS

What can I submit for publication?

We will consider for publication any manuscript that is the direct result of IDRC-funded research. Manuscripts that report, wholly or partially, on an IDRC-funded project will also be considered. As well, we will consider for publication any manuscript that is the result of an activity administered by IDRC or produced by IDRC staff.

How do I submit a manuscript?

The Publisher will be happy to advise you on the route you should follow in preparing your manuscript for publication. IDRC's Guide to Authors provides detailed guidelines on manuscript preparation.

How will IDRC review my submission?

You are encouraged to send the Publisher draft versions of your manuscript for review. Once a suitable comprehensive draft of your manuscript is received, it will be peer reviewed. The comments and advice of these experts will be passed on to you by the Publisher.

What sort of marketing support can I expect for the book?

New titles are announced via email to the thousands of researchers, government officials, development professionals, and academics that have subscribed to IDRC E-Bulletin. Announcement are also sent to review journals and our worldwide network distributors, sales agents, and aggregators (such as Ebrary, NetLibrary, and Google). On a case-by-case basis, advertisements will be placed in various media and conference displays will be arranged. Most importantly, we will listen to your needs and do our best to fulfill them.

How can I help in this process?

The first and most important contribution you can make to the publication process is the submission of a well-written, well-organized, and properly presented manuscript. To help you in this task, IDRC has prepared its Guide to Authors; we also have our Guide to Contributors, a shorter piece intended for participants at IDRC-supported workshops and authors contributing to a collection of essays or research papers. You can also help by providing us with a list of potential review journals, dates and locations of conferences or other events at which the book could be launched or displayed, and information on other interested publishers. The job of the author does not end with manuscript submission; in book publication, the author is the best promoter.

Where do I go for more information?

For more information, send an email to Bill Carman, IDRC Publisher.

Postal address: IDRC, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, Canada  K1G 3H9
Phone: (613) 236-6163 ext. 2089
Fax: (613) 563-2476

GUIDE TO AUTHORS
Instructions for the Preparation of Manuscripts for Submission to IDRC

The Guide to Authors is meant to help youprepare your manuscript for submission to IDRC. It is full of useful information on the publication process and helpful hints on how to assemble and format your manuscript. The following topics are covered:

• Introduction
• Submitting your manuscript
• Components of your manuscript (everything from the title page to the author bios; including a handy manuscript checklist)
• Formatting your manuscript (hardware, software, spacing, pagination, headings, footnotes, spelling, style, units, tables, figures, and references)
• Copyright and permissions
• The decision to publish
• For further information

GUIDE TO CONTRIBUTORS
Instructions for the Preparation of a Paper for an IDRC Workshop

The Guide to Contributors provides advice and assistance to those researchers who have been asked to prepare a paper for an IDRC-supported workshop or to write a chapter for a book manuscript. It covers many of the same things as the Guide to Authors, but in an abbreviated way:

• Introduction
• What to submit (printed copy, electronic copy, and permissions)
• How to structure your manuscript (from the title page to the reference list, tables, and figures)
• Publication of your manuscript (the decision, copyright and permissions, and where to go for more information)

STYLE GUIDE
For IDRC Editors and Proofreaders

The main purpose of the Style Guide for IDRC Editors and Proofreaders is to ensure that material published by IDRC is presented in a coherent and consistent manner, upholding the high standards of the Centre, the world of international scholarly publishing, and the English language. Its secondary purpose is to serve as a reference tool for IDRC staff who wish to clarify questions of style in the English language and for other scholarly publishers and editing professionals around the world.

IDRC does not have an equivalent style guide in French. For French-language style points, see the Directives pour la préparation d'un manuscrit à soumettre au CRDI.

The IDRC style guide is constantly evolving. It has undergone countless modifications in format and content, and is now exclusively available online. If you wish to have a paper copy, please feel free to download and print all of the files listed below. The online style guide encapsulates many years of hard work and experience on the part of the staff of IDRC, particularly its editorial staff. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions about this guide, send an email to Bill Carman, IDRC Publisher.

Index

Preface

Chapter 1. Words

• Spelling authority; geographic names; organization names; technical words; confused pairs; accents; capitalization; prefixes; suffixes; compound words; writing constructions to avoid

• Period; ellipsis; comma; colon; semicolon; exclamation mark; question mark; quotation marks; apostrophe; solidus; parentheses and brackets; hyphens, dashes, and minus signs

• Numbers; units; temperature; time; statistics; mathematics; currencies

• Citation; bibliography

• Philosophy; usage; treatment of materials; possible subsitute words

• Illustrations; line drawings; photographs; tables; lists

• Abbreviations and official names; addresses

• Footnotes; quotations

• File management; coding; miscellaneous points; WordPerfect character codes

• What is it?; proof stages; line-break hyphenation; layout

• Main sources; other useful reference books

FORMS AND TOOLS

As in any publishing operation, IDRC has, over the years, developed a number of useful tools for authors, editors, and IDRC staff and partners. None of us particularly like to fill out forms or follow detailed specifications, but it is true that half an hour spent completing one form or ensuring that specifications are met can save days of work and possible production delays later on.

Publication Forms

• IDRC Author Questionnaire: To be completed in the early stages of manuscript development and submitted to the Publisher with a synopsis of the manuscript.
• IDRC Transfer of Copyright: To be completed and signed by the copyright holder as instructed by the Publisher.
• IDRC Permission to Publish: To be completed and signed by the copyright holder as instructed by the Publisher.
• IDRC Manuscript Checklist: Part of the Guide to Authors, this checklist is a handy form that can be used to keep track of the parts of your manuscript.

• The IDRC logo: Where to get it and how to use it.
• IDRC document cover: Instructions on how to prepare a report for the IDRC corporate "window" cover.
• Standard IDRC blurbs: Standards texts in use by IDR.
• Disclaimers and acknowledgments: Various texts that you may wish to attach to your manuscript or your Web site.

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