| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/12/01/01/02 |
| PreviousNumbers | BPS/002/04/04 |
| Title | BPS Books and Special Projects Group BSPG Papers 1985 |
| Date | 1985 |
| Extent | 1 file (2 folders) |
| Physical Description | 8 ringbinders |
| Description | Minutes, papers and correspondence of the British Psychological Society's Books and Special Projects Group concerning proposed BPS publications.
7 February 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence including careers booklet, proposals for Psychology in Action Series including pricing, Annual report, problem drinking manual; 'Psychology and You' [adult education]; environmental psychology proposals; contract with John Wiley to publish 'Psychological Aspects of Nuclear War'' and promotion plan; copyright; psychology and science fiction proposal; report on visit to South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
30 March 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence including Psychology in Action series work on classroom control; USA rights for New Developments in Statistics for Psychology and in the Social Sciences; proposal to publish proceedings of the First European Conference on Clinical Psychology; proposed second volume of New Developments in Clinical Psychology.
11 April 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence including proposed biographical dictionary of psychology; proposed book on divorce; proposed book on psychology for medical students; proposed handbook on integrated job performance training.
23 May 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, papers and correspondence including proposals for computer self study book, making and aiding decisions, 'Your Child and TV: A handbook for Parents', 'A Manager's Guide to Occupational Psychology'; sales figures; titles in progress; divorce; consumer's guide to psychological/psychiatric services.
3 July 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence including psychology and science fiction, careers booklet, advance on royalties, typesetting of Psychology Survey 6; speeding up of BPS reviews in the Bulletin; price rises for Macmillan books; proposed Case Studies in Clinical Psychology; proposed parent guide to psychological services to children,
12 September 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence including Autumn promotion; Parents Guide to child Psychology; social workers; self study with computers; Bradford books; Meaning of Faces proposal; Behavioural medicine proposal and working in progress.
15 November 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence including Case Studies in Clinical Psychology; notes of meeting with Bradford books; translations of 'Psychological Aspects of Nuclear War' into Dutch, German and French; copublishing discussion paper; Psychologists at Your Service series; proposal to publish lie detector briefing as a pamphlet; Society guidelines on non sexist language.
17 December 1985 Books and Special Projects Group agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence including Behavioural Medicine proposals, abandoning Dictionary of Psychology (as similar volume just published); proposed 'Applying Psychology to IT'; co republishing 'Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man' with Bradford Books; health drinking; marketing and sales reports for 'Psychological Aspects of Nuclear War', 'New Developments in Clinical Psychology', 'Teaching Psychology', 'Psychology Survey 5'; |
| Format | Textual Material |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| File of Joyce Collins, Publications Manager. A full set of BPS Publications are in Senate House Library |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/12/04/03/01 Books and Special Projects Group Papers 1983-1984
BPS/001/12/04/03/03 Books and Special Projects Group 1986
BPS/001/11/04/02/04/11 Psychological Aspects of Nuclear War |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/12/04/01/01/01 |
| BPS/001/12/01/01/03 |
| BPS/001/11/04/02/04/11 |
| AccessConditions | Authorised Users. View by Appointment. Readers reports are closed and are to be removed from file before is issued to researchers. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| AdminHistory | The Books and Special Projects Group BSPG was originally conceived as a successor of the Standing Committee on Publications. It ran in parallel with a Journals Group. Both groups were created after a restructure in 1983 and reported to the F&GP [Finance and General Purposes Committee]. The BPSG took over the role of considering the practical elements and proposals of publishing books, reports and other material. A publications manager was employed to manage this function. Publication proposals were submitted or commissioned and then if supported sample chapters and background on the author was requested. These were read by members of the group or other reviewers who then sent in written comments for the Group to discuss at their meetings.
In 1998 two subgroups were formed the Psychometrics Publishing Group and Multimedia Publishing Group.
The BPSG was superseded by the Editorial Support Group in c. 2001 when a contract was signed with Wiley to publish BPS books. |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |