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CURRICULUM VITAE Name:
Andrew John Colborne Address:
79 Radley Road, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3PN Tel/Fax:
(01235) 529392 E-mail:
andrew.colborne@ntlworld.com Date of Birth:
22 September, 1946 Nationality:
British CAREER
HISTORY SCIENTIFIC
EDITOR/PUBLISHING CONSULTANT
Mar. 1999 - a) Copy-editing,
proofreading, project management (Clients include: CABI
Publishing, Elsevier Science, Macmillan, Taylor and Francis Group,
World Health Organization) b) Market and
Social Research, BMRB International. EOLSS PUBLISHERS
COMPANY LTD, OXFORD, U.K.
Managing Editor
Feb. 1998 - Nov. 1998 Establishment
and management of the new Oxford office. Responsible for administration and
organising production of the Encyclopedia of Desalination and Water
Resources. Publishing consultant
to the EOLSS Encyclopedia of Life
Support Systems. Policy and planning for the EOLSS Book Programme,
publishing management, etc. Supervision of a project manager and support
staff. Reporting to the
Editor-in-Chief and General Manager. JOHN LIBBEY
& CO. LTD., LONDON SW18 4HR, U.K.
Publisher
Feb. 1996 - Sept. 1997 Head of medical
publishing and office manager. Responsible for publishing policy and
medical programme, marketing and sales structure, staff recruitment and
production control. Reporting
to the Managing Director and Company Secretary.
Freelance Editor
Aug. 1995 - Feb. 1998 Copy-editing and
proof-reading (CAB International, John Libbey, First Edition Translations,
World Book International, British Institute of Radiology). SPRINGER-VERLAG
LONDON LTD, GODALMING, U.K.
Medical Editor and Publisher
Feb. 1994 - July 1995 Responsible for
direction and strategic management of the UK medical programme (15-20 book
titles per annum; six established journals) commissioning new products
(books and journals), general administration. Supervision of Editorial Assistant
and office Secretary.
Reporting to the Managing Director. PERGAMON PRESS LTD.,
OXFORD, U.K.
1984 - 1993
Senior Publishing Editor
1990 - 1993 Head of
department A, Life Sciences and Medicine Division. Responsible for the
management and development of the biological sciences section of the
publishing programme, comprising 32 journals, 5-10 book titles per annum,
and an active backlist of about 50 book titles. PERGAMON PRESS
PLC, OXFORD
Senior Managing Editor
1988 - 1990 Subsidiary
roles: 1) General
Manager, Current Awareness in
Biological Sciences (CABS)
Aug. 1988 - Dec.
1990 2) General
Editor: Advances in the
Biosciences
1984 -
1993
A series of biomedical conference proceedings sold both on
subscription and also individually via the book trade. Responsible for
commissioning and publishing management. Former positions held
at Pergamon:
Managing Editor
1986 -
1988
Senior Publishing Manager
1984 -
1986 GRAHAM &
TROTMAN LTD., LONDON, UK
Commissioning Editor, Life Sciences
1982 - 1984 FREELANCE
SCIENCE EDITOR/WRITER, HISTON, CAMBS. U.K.
1978 - 1982 Carried out a
variety of consultancy, editorial and scientific writing jobs during this
period. Copy-edited more than
twenty texts for Cambridge University Press, Heinemann, Taylor &
Francis etc. Investigated
publishing opportunities in biotechnology for Graham & Trotman Ltd.
Acted as Staff Editor for the magazine Trends in Biochemical Sciences
(Elsevier) for several months.
In association with my wife carried out translation work from Dutch
into English, including two books and a thesis. Wrote news items, book reviews and
articles for journals and magazines.
Experience gained in copy-editing, proof-reading and writing. ELSEVIER/NORTH
HOLLAND BIOMEDICAL PRESS, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
Head of the Editorial Secretariat
1975 - 78
Member of the Editorial Secretariat,
1973 - 75
Biochimica et Biophysica
Acta EDUCATION
Diplomas/courses:
DTP using Aldus Pagemaker
1993
RSA I Computer Literacy
1994
On-screen editing
1999 SKILLS
AND EXPERIENCE (1984 - 2004)
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