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Opportunity: Reviews Editor, Dictionaries The Dictionary Society of North America (DSNA) seeks a Book Reviews Editor for its scholarly journal, Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America. The opportunity Dictionaries is published twice a year in hard-copy and online through Project Muse. We strive to include reviews of recent books related to lexicography in each issue. The Reviews Editor position is an important role for the journal and the DSNA. The role The Reviews Editor will work with the Editor to: identify new works on (or of) lexicography of interest to our readership engage with publishers to acquire review copies identify and invite suitable reviewers receive and evaluate review manuscripts collaborate with reviewers in editing the manuscripts to an excellent publishable standard The workload might be variable (depending on publishing trends and special issues of the journal), but we would expect it to amount to around four published reviews per year. The applicant The ideal applicant will have: membership in the DSNA published research in lexicography excellent communication and time-management skills an excellent command of...

Opportunity: Associate Editor, Dictionaries The Dictionary Society of North America (DSNA) seeks Associate Editors for its scholarly journal, Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America. The opportunity Dictionaries is published twice a year in hard-copy and online through Project Muse. As part of Project Muse’s Subscribe to Open program, we hope to become fully open-access in the coming year, and we expect that this will result in greater numbers of submissions to the journal. We are looking for two Associate Editors whose expertise will complement our existing editorial strengths. In particular, we welcome applications from individuals working in: lexicography of indigenous American languages computational approaches to lexicography We are also open to expressions of interest from individuals with other specialisms. The role Associate Editors will work with the Editor to: encourage suitable submissions in their area of expertise handle the review process for submissions in that area of expertise determining whether new submissions are ready for review identifying and inviting suitable reviewers receiving reviews and communicating results to authors participate in the...