Category: Professional Development

Creative Commons License: A New Era for EDIS Publications

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
February 19, 2024

Starting with new publications and major revisions released after January 1, 2024, UF/IFAS is releasing EDIS publications under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Open-access ... READ MORE

Category: , Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Copyright, Creative Commons, EDIS, EDIS Authors, EDIS Journal, Open Access, Open Access Publishing, Open Content

How to Communicate Changes Using Adobe Acrobat: Tips for EDIS Authors

by Gillian McGuire
February 2, 2024

Congratulations, EDIS author! You have made it to the production stage of publishing with the EDIS journal. Your EDIS editor just sent you the PDF version of your work. What do you do now? They asked you to review the proof edits and make any ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Ask IFAS, EDIS Authors, EDIS How To

UF/IFAS Bookstore’s Holiday Open House Shopping Extravaganza!

by Rolando Negron
November 30, 2023

Join us on December 7-8, 2023, from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm for a festive dive into the holiday spirit at our special Holiday Open House shopping event at UF/IFAS Bookstore. We're turning the dial up on the festive vibes, and you're invited to join ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, HOME LANDSCAPES, NATURAL RESOURCES, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: 4-H Clubs, 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture, Agronomy, Alachua County, Announcements, Apiculture, Bark Beetles, Beneficial Snakes, Bird Watching, Birding, Book Club, Bookstore, Bugs, Butterflies, Department Of Entomology And Nematology, Entomology, Entomology And Nematology, Extension, Florida Master Gardener Volunteer, Florida Museum Of Natural History, Florida Youth Naturalist Program, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, IF/IFAS Bookstore, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Integrated Pest Management, Invasive Species, Mangroves, Mosquitoes, Mushrooms, Natural Resources, Outdoor Recreation, Pollinators, Publications, Rolando Negron, Sea Turtles, Soil And Water Science, Urban Forestry, Water Resources

2022 EDIS Stats Report

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
November 17, 2022

Web visits to EDIS publications for the 2022 reporting year (11/16/2021-11/15/2022) are now available on the EDIS Admin website (NOT the Ask IFAS site!) at https://edis-admin.ifas.ufl.edu. For instructions, see: Accessing EDIS Publication ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: EDIS Authors, EDIS Data

Aquatic Weed Control Short Course

by UF/IFAS Bookstore
August 22, 2022

Where is IFASBOOKS this week? Aquatic Weed Control Short Course August 22-25 Orlando, Florida (Registration Closed) For over 45 years, the University of Florida has offered training and continuing education for Florida's pesticide applicators ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Aquatic Weed Control Short Course, UF IFAS Bookstore

Making our documents more accessible – everyone can help

by Chris Vivian
July 13, 2022

UF/IFAS’ plays a critical role in bringing science-based information to the people of Florida and we need to make every effort to ensure our audiences can access this information. Accessibility is not only a goal, it’s also the law. Fortunately, ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Communications
Tags: #accessibility, #ADA, Training

Farewell, Sheila!

by UF/IFAS Bookstore
April 11, 2022

Sheila Shaw, our customer service rep, is leaving the IFAS Extension Bookstore to start a new position as an educator for the Family Nutrition Program in Duval County. Sheila first joined IFAS Communications in 2009, where her people skills ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Communications
Tags: UF IFAS Bookstore

Get the latest resources and tips from UF/IFAS Communications

by Chris Vivian
December 13, 2021

UF/IFAS faculty and staff are always looking for more tools to add to their communications toolbox. That’s why we’re making a concentrated effort to provide more details and specialized information via the Blogs.IFAS system. Go to our blog ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Communications
Tags: Communications

Copyediting Review: Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
September 8, 2021

EDIS authors, section editors, and the EDIS team work together in OJS to get publications onto the Ask IFAS website. There are a few stages to this: submission, review, copyediting, production, and publication. This blog post focuses on one ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: EDIS Authors

The EDIS Template: A Primer

by Diana Hagan (she/her)
August 18, 2021

[NOTE 9/21/2021: All users will not have access to the EDIS dashboard to use the template described in this post until November 2021. Please email edis@ifas.ufl.edu if you would like access to the template before this time.] In April, EDIS ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ask IFAS, EDIS Authors

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