It refers to a kind of periodical publication produced once a year, and which shows information of great interest, aimed at professionals from various sectors. The yearbook can be a reference book in which data and events about a particular place are grouped, or specific content on an annual basis. Some examples of yearbooks are literary yearbooks, almanacs or calendars, sports, health, business, digital, school, statistical, historical, astronomical, photo, etc.
Some of the yearbooks are published for the purpose of providing statistical data. For example, a company in a certain industry may publish each year the amounts of sales and investments that were made that year. With the passage of time these yearbooks will serve as a reference for the analysis of the sector, through comparisons. On the other hand, there are the school yearbooks, these originated in the United StatesLong ago, his purpose was for students to have a memory of the last school year; at present the school yearbooks represent a representative image of that country. These generally include photos of the students, information from the teachers, and details of all the activities that were carried out. The last pages of this yearbook are left blank for students to sign and comment. Finally, the owner of the yearbook recovers it to keep it as a souvenir of that year.
Yearbooks have certain characteristics, among them are: their temporary nature is annual in frequency; collect information from the previous year; verify and update data from other sources; they can be descriptive or cover statistical data.
They can be classified according to: the subject they deal with (general or specialized), the geographical context (national, local, international), the basis on which they are published (encyclopedias, magazine supplements), the type of publisher and their origin (schools, companies, associations, individuals, etc.).
These are some of the steps that must be followed if you want to create a yearbook: choose the topic to represent and research it, collect photographs of special moments, design the pages where the information will be placed, write captions on each photograph adding comments about it. the people who appear in them; and finally check that everything has been in order and decorated as attractive as possible
