Fall 2011 - The Johns Hopkins University Press

Press Photo Gallery
JHU Press Renovation
For Press authors and friends who are unable to visit us in Baltimore, here is one more look at
the recently completed renovation of the Press’s main building. To schedule a visit to the Press
or arrange for the “Life of a Book” tour (which explains the publishing process and highlights the
Press’s notable history), contact Jack Holmes at 410-516-6928 or jmh@jhu.edu.
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1. The renovation preserved features of the
1897 former church building, including the
banister in the lobby. 2. A large portrait of
Daniel Coit Gilman, JHU’s first president and
the Press’s founder, overlooks the first-floor
hallway. 3. New displays about the Press’s
history are installed near the Gilman portrait.
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4. Changing exhibits of artwork by JHU Press
staff are featured on the terrace level, including
a painting by graphic designer Susan
Ventura. 5. A panel at the new back entrance
displays the colophons the Press has used
from 1878 to the present. 6. A large conference
room on the terrace level now hosts most
Press meetings. 7. Glass cases in the staff
lunch area allow changing displays of Press
publications and other materials. 8. The lobby
features an updated entrance, a new reception
desk, and artwork from Press publications.
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InPress
FALL 2011 Volume 9, Number 3
InPress is the quarterly newsletter of the Johns Hopkins University Press.
Editorial Committee: Greg Britton, Becky Brasington Clark, Colleen Condon,
Brendan Coyne, Jack Holmes, Kathleen Keane, Melanie Schaffner, Brian Shea,
Claire McCabe Tamberino
Contributors: Kathy Alexander, Alicia Catlos, Christina Cheakalos, Julie McCarthy,
Robin Rennison, Deborah Stein
Photography: Colleen Condon, Will Kirk, Jay VanRensselaer
Designer: Susan Ventura
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InPress
Office of the Director
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Endnote
Barbara Lamb
Former Managing Editor, JHU Press
I became the managing editor at JHUP 35 years ago and retired 10 years ago. One
might think that over that span of years technology would have made radical changes
in what a manuscript editor does. Interestingly, that is not the case. As managing
editor I had been assigning manuscripts for electronic editing for a dozen years, but
until I began freelancing, I’d never edited a complete manuscript electronically. To
my surprise, I found that I loved editing on screen. Technology has indeed changed
how editors do their work, but it has not changed the work they do. Manuscript
editors seek to ensure that a manuscript reads clearly and cleanly, always in the author’s
own voice. They labor to make all attendant apparatus—notes, bibliography,
tables, appendixes, illustrations, legends—complete, comprehensible, and consistent.
I am fortunate to have a skill that offers challenging work with a variety of authors
on many different subjects. No two book manuscripts are alike, and each provides a
new adventure.