Looking for a publishing opportunity? Please read the message I received from PracTeX. Kind regards Willi Secretary NTG Call for Papers/Abstracts PracTeX Journal: Issue 2010-1 Issue theme: "LaTeX Academic Work Bench" http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/ Submissions due December 31, 2009 (extended) Dear LaTeX and TeX Users, Since its first edition in 2005, the PracTeX Journal has presented a wide range of articles on the practical use of LaTeX and TeX. Among these articles are ones that describe tools and techniques that can be used in teaching. The PracTeX Journal 2010-1 issue has the theme "LaTeX Academic Work Bench". The goal of this issue is to present ideas on the use of LaTeX tools for education, teaching, and classroom purposes. We are looking for articles that can discuss the development of the tools, and their use and effectiveness. Actual examples and LaTeX sources are encouraged. ** Scope The scope of the issue includes, but is not limited to : - tools that assist the students/authors in preparing graphics, indexes, bibliographies, and other parts of documents; - text manipulation tools; - tutorials; - short videos; - free or almost free tools; - teaching texts; - homework styles; - cross-platform tools. We encourage you to submit original papers describing your experiences using LaTeX and TeX tools in an academic setting, and also papers on tool development work in progress or completed. ** Submission Guidelines: If you would like to submit an article or technical note for publication please contact the editors pracjourn@tug.org. We will work with you to prepare the article. Also see http://tug.org/pracjourn/submit.html for the Journal's guidelines. ** Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: December 31, 2009 Publication date: February 10, 2010 ** News Submissions in any language are acceptable. Since its beginning in 2005, the PracTeX Journal has accepted papers not only in English but also Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Chinese, Korean, Romanian, and Italian. However, please contact the editors in English, and submit an English abstract. Best Regards, Francisco Reinaldo Paul Blaga 2010-1 Issue Editors Lance Carnes Main Editor