From: r-schoen@uchicago.edu (Rick Schoen)
Subject: DTP:Production/Editorial in Chicago or SW Florida
Organization: The Oriental Institute
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 20:39:31 GMT

Richard M. Schoen
4255 N. Winchester Avenue, #3
Chicago, Illinois  606131013
(312) 8717860

     I would like a position as Production Editor or Associate Editor or something similar. I am 
enclosing my resume which, I believe, shows me to be an outstanding candidate for these position. 
I have earned both a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in archaeology. I have worked as an 
Assistant Editor since March 1990 and worked a proofreader/general assistant for sixteen (16) 
months prior to that.
     Currently, I am employed at The Oriental Institute Press at The University of Chicago. We 
are a small run publisher producing scholarly books concerning the culture, history, languages, 
and archaeology of the Middle East. As we a very small office (only three people to handle all 
aspects of camera-ready production), I believe that I have received a most outstanding education 
in virtually all aspects of publishing. I have been responsible not only for the proofreading 
and editing of manuscripts, but also for the sizing and paste-up of art work, the design of book 
covers and dust jackets, and the final layout of the manuscripts themselves. I am very proficient 
in the use of the word processing software Microsoft Word (version 5.0) and Aldus PageMaker 
(version 4.2) on the Mac. We produce all of our own word processing and page layout on the Mac and 
our camera-ready output (with the exception of photographs and the more complex line drawings) 
is printed on a LaserMaster 1200 Personal Typesetter.
     I also gained some experience with Ashton-Tate Dbase 3+ and WordPerfect on the PC while I 
worked for the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) as a general assistant to the 
Editor. My duties included proofreading the manuscripts for both volumes of the Societys yearbook. 
During the galley and page proof stages of the yearbook, I was responsible for compiling the 
corrections of the authors and editors and for compiling the Names Index for each volume. I 
maintained a database of the Societys membership on the computer and generated membership reports 
for the executive committee.
     In preparation for my degrees in archaeology I participated in five seasons of archaeological 
field work in Israel. For three of those season, I was a Square Supervisor, responsible for the 
excavation of up one or two 100 square meter excavation trenches. I was in charge of a team of 
five or six volunteer excavators plus one or two local workmen. In addition to being educational 
experiences, these field seasons also made me a superior organizer and helped me to work better 
with different types of people.
     I have always been a very avid reader and believed that the people who actually make books
were a truly fortunate group. I realize that this be a somewhat romantic notion of the 
publishing world, but I still believe that we who produce books are lucky to work in a 
profession which affects many lives. Although others write the words we edit, the editorial 
and production phases of publishing are in many ways more vital to the final outcome. I would 
like to work in an environment where books are more than just the end product of our labors and 
where employees are thought of as highly valued members of a team.
     I look forward to hearing from any who believes, as I do, that I can make important 
contributions to and become a important part of a state-of-the-art, forward-looking desktop 
publishing house.

Sincerely,

Richard M. Schoen



Objective:	A middle to upper level editorial or production position with a small- to 
															medium-run book publisher. 
           A position with an academic publisher would be ideal.  
           Desired Salary: $30,000 + benefits

Education:	High School graduate, St. Josephs Preparatory Seminary  Vienna, WV, 1981
											John Carroll University, University Heights, OH  BA (Archaeology), 1985
											Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH  Transient Student, 19831985
											The University of Chicago  MA (Archaeology), 1989

Experience:	Audio-Visual Department, Biological Science Division, The University of Chicago
            (Purchase/Invoice Clerk), November 1986  August 1987; Salary: $5.50/hr.
													taking job orders and seeing that they were properly directed and processed
													helping to maintain the order database (Dbase 3+ on the PC)
	
            Security, The Oriental Institute Museum, The University of Chicago 
                Salary: $6.50/hr.
												(Acting Security Supervisor) August 1987  October 1987
												(Assistant Security Supervisor) November 1987  March 1988
													maintain security of museum and object storage
													direct team of 10 security guards during hours of museum operations
	
												The National Society for the Study of Education, The University of Chicago
												(General Assistant/Proofreader) October 1988  February 1990; Salary: $6.50/hr.
													maintain database of membership
													compile author and editor corrections to manuscripts
													compile Names Index for manuscripts	produce reports for Executive Committee
													manuscript proofreading (1989 and 1990 yearbooks)
																From Socrates to Software: The Teacher as Text and the Text as Teacher (1989, Part I)
																Schooling and Disability (1989, Part II)
              		Textbooks and Schooling in the United States (1990, Part I)
               	Educational Leadership and Changing Contexts of Families, Communities, 
                  and Schools (1990, Part II)

            The Oriental Institute Press, The University of Chicago; 
                Salary: $21,139 + benefits
            (Editorial Production Assistant/Assistant Editor) March 1990  Present
            	manuscript proofreading and editing, page layout, paste-up, 
              complete production of final camera-ready copy
                A Critical Study of the Temple Scroll from Qumran Cave 11 (1990)
                Town and Country in Southeastern Anatolia, Volume I: 
                    Settlement and Land Use at	Kurban Hyk and Other Sites in the 
                    Lower Karababa Basin (1990)
                Town and Country in Southeastern Anatolia, Volume II: 
                    The Stratigraphic Sequence at Kurban Hyk, Plate Volume (1990)
                Subsistence, Trade, and Social Change in Early Bronze Age Palestine (1991)
                Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 8: 
                    Meroitic Remains from Qustul Cemetery Q, Ballana Cemetery B, and a 
                    Ballana Settlement,	2 Volumes (1991)
                Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 9: 
                    Noubadian X-Group Remains from Royal Complexes in Cemeteries Q and 219 and 
                    Private Cemeteries Q,	R, V, W, B, J, and M at Qustul and Ballana (1991)
		              Publications of the Oriental Institute: 
                    Exploring the History and Civilizations of the Near East (1991)
                Life in a Multi-Cultural Society: Egypt from Cambyses to 
                    Constantine and Beyond (1992)

Skills:	Excellent English language skills, 
             i.e. grammar, editing, spelling, writing
        Excellent bibliographic skills
        Typing speed, approx. 30 words per minute
        Proficient in use of Microsoft Word 5.0 and Aldus PageMaker 4.2 for the Macintosh
        Knowledge of Ashton-Tate Dbase 3+ and WordPerfect 4.0 for the PC
        Familiarity with German, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew

Honors:	Outstanding Graduating Senior, Religious Studies Department, John Carroll University
        Honors Program Scholar, John Carroll University
        Full Academic Fellowship, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,
	            The University of Chicago
        Catherine M. Hay Award, Division of the Humanities, The University of Chicago
        Travel Scholarship, The Endowment for Biblical Research

Personal: Interests include reading, travel, antique book collection, 
          and cooking among others.