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Training for Copyeditors

Courses and programs for professional development

• Copyediting certification at UCSD Extension

University of California, San Diego – Extension offers a copyediting certificate program that can be completed online in 12 to 15 months of part-time study.

Societies

Societies dedicated to subjects of interest to language lovers

• American Dialect Society

Founded in 1889, the American Dialect Society is dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it.

• Dictionary Society of North America

The Dictionary Society of North America was formed in 1975 to bring together people interested in dictionary making, study, collection, and use. Its more than 400 members who live in 40 countries around the world include people working on dictionaries, academics who engage in research and writing about dictionaries, dictionary collectors, librarians, booksellers, translators, linguists, publishers, writers, collectors, journalists, and people with an avocational interest in dictionaries.

• Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature

SPELL is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the preservation of the English language. SPELL members receive the bimonthly newsletter SPELL/Binder.