At the core of H-Net's operations are the volunteer editors of web pages, book
reviews, and discussion lists, who work with advisory boards of specialists and
stakeholders to monitor content and apply professional standards to their service
to the educational community. H-Net is always interested in hearing from
individuals who wish to volunteer their talents for this important work. All
editors and board members must be certified by the pertinent list advisory board
(in the case of existing lists) and by the H-Net Council.
- Online (list) editors operate daily listserv discussion lists.
They moderate discussions, edit posts, solicit and commission
contributions, and directly post messages to the subscribers of their
lists. Online editors must have strong field qualifications for the
subject covered by the list; be able to send, receive, and edit electronic
mail on a reliable and regular basis; be able to manage listserv, the mail
distribution software that H-Net uses. H-Net provides basic training in
the use of listserv.
- Book Review editors are recruited to work directly with specific lists.
They solicit reviewers, edit reviews, work with online list editors to post reviews
to their lists, work with reviewers, book authors, and publishers to develop book
reviews and special book features. Book review editors must have strong field
qualifications for the subject covered by the list; be able to send, receive, and
edit electronic mail on a reliable and regular basis; if necessary to their duties,
be able to manage listserv, the mail distribution software that H-Net uses. H-Net
provides basic training in the use of listserv. Book reviews that are commissioned
through H-Net's Reviews Office are published on H-Review and at the H-Net Reviews web site. Some lists have multiple review editors
assigned to specific fields or subjects.
- Web Editors manage and edit world wide web sites related to specific
subjects or lists. They develop and store multimedia content that supports
teaching, professional development, and research, create new features and design
elements, monitor and where necessary update information stored at the site, link
list content to the web through the reprinting of special threads and discussions.
Web editors must have strong field qualifications for the subject covered by the
list or web site; be able to send, receive, and edit electronic mail on a reliable
and regular basis; have a working knowledge of html as appropriate, along with any
necessary unix or file management skills.
- Advisory Board Members assist in the peer-reviewing process and the
development of multimedia content by assisting editors in making policies for their
lists and web sites; reviewing disputes brought to their attention by the list or
web editors; serving as "ambassadors" for their lists by joining discussions,
helping to recruit new editors and board members, developing new threads, and
serving as liaisons to professional organizations and the educational community at
large. Terms on advisory boards vary, because some lists are adjuncts of
professional societies that co-approve board membership and monitor terms of
office. One member of each advisory board is entitled to nonvoting membership on
H-Staff, H-Net's internal policy list.
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Submission Form
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Submitting your profile involves three steps: entering data on several
screens; obtaining a confirmation number via the email address you
entered as part of the profile; and using the confirmation number and a
new password you create to finalize your registration in the
database. Confirmation numbers are necessary in order to verify email
addresses. The password and email address that you
register with the database become your H-Net Member Key -- be sure to
record them, because these are required in order to access editorial
services at H-Net!
To begin the submission process, please start by telling us in which
country you live, and then supplying your email address in the form
below. When you are finished, click "continue" to move on to step
1 of the registration process.
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