http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Resources/Bibliographies/TC A listing of the most recently indexed works about Resources and Bibliographies and TC in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Resources/Bibliographies/TC http://tc.eserver.org/21799.html http://tc.eserver.org/21799.html Members of ATTW refer to the bibliography because it 'focuses on resources specific to technical communication.' Several members noted that they find the paper copy easier to use than online databases; others use the pdf version found on the ATTW website. Members also noted that it is a good reference for graduate students. Several members pointed out weaknesses in the bibliography that the committee continues to struggle with. http://tc.eserver.org/20581.html http://tc.eserver.org/20581.html Presents an annotated list of 115 essential works on technical communication compiled from a list of over 600 titles from a wide variety of print, Internet, and professional sources. Constitutes what might be called 'essential literacy' in technical communication. http://tc.eserver.org/20038.html http://tc.eserver.org/20038.html These were the texts for English 5371, Fall 2000. Other readings came from our coursepack and are noted in the reading schedule below. http://tc.eserver.org/20039.html http://tc.eserver.org/20039.html Effective technical communication relies on an analysis of the intended audience. If such an analysis includes the demographics of an audience, it is often primarily concerned with the level of the readers’ knowledge or how much the readers need to know in order to complete a task. Rarely is the gender of the audience taken into consideration, ignoring several decades of research on the different communication styles used and preferred by women and men. When gender is considered, writers often rely on prescriptive guidelines to avoid sexist language or, more positively, to use inclusive language to eliminate bias from their writing. http://tc.eserver.org/19906.html http://tc.eserver.org/19906.html In the 1997 bibliography, I’ve included all the categories of the taxonomy, even if the contributors have submitted no entries in a given section. Several users informed me that they prefer to see the entire taxonomy since doing so facilitates their research; thus it seemed wise to return to our original list of sections. This year, we have added quite a few new sources; all are noted on the list of works consulted at the end of this bibliography. We have expanded in the areas of health, risk, and environmental communication publications; we continue last year’s trend of fewer entries in editing, revision, and the general writing aspect of the profession. No new categories have been added. http://tc.eserver.org/19905.html http://tc.eserver.org/19905.html The ATTW Bibliography is at a point of transition with a new editor and a request from the ATTW Executive Committee to publish an online version of the bibliography on the ATTW Web site. In the next few months, the bibliography committee plans to focus on the design and content of an online bibliography. The goal is to build a bibliography that provides easy and up-to-date access to technical communication resources. http://tc.eserver.org/19904.html http://tc.eserver.org/19904.html The bibliography committee began the year with three goals: (1) explore the development of an online database for the bibliography, (2) survey members of ATTW at the annual meeting, and (3) continue to publish the annual bibliography in TCQ. http://tc.eserver.org/19903.html http://tc.eserver.org/19903.html Committee members since 1975 have reviewed periodicals and books for discussions of technical communication issues to build the bibliography to a significant resource for technical communication. http://tc.eserver.org/19902.html http://tc.eserver.org/19902.html Each year a committee of technical communication teachers and researchers review journals and books for work important to our activities. This year two graduate students joined the committee. http://tc.eserver.org/18300.html http://tc.eserver.org/18300.html A list of links to Barnes and Noble pages for technical communication books. http://tc.eserver.org/14875.html http://tc.eserver.org/14875.html This bibliography was compiled with generous support from the Executive Committee of the STC Toronto Chapter. Special thanks go to Marie Tunbridge, Stephanie Copp, Roy Hartshorn, and Mona Albano, who shared their extensive listings with us. We welcome new additions to this bibliography! Please send all publication details (as shown in the list below) to the Webmaster. Thank you! http://tc.eserver.org/14742.html http://tc.eserver.org/14742.html Three technical communication gurus answer the question, 'What is the last work-related book that you read, and how are you applying it to your job?' http://tc.eserver.org/14106.html http://tc.eserver.org/14106.html The SIG bibliography includes all the resources listed in the Global Talk newsletter, Spring 2000 through Spring 2001, as well as additional resources. It was compiled in July, 2001. Items added since then are designated as 'added,' with the month and the year. http://tc.eserver.org/14059.html http://tc.eserver.org/14059.html What follows is a selected bibliography on document design. It is not exhaustive. Please feel free to add to it by contacting me. http://tc.eserver.org/14064.html http://tc.eserver.org/14064.html The complete listing of books on Technical Writing has been revamped and now lists almost 1000 books on the subject classified by year of publication and dating back to 1961. There is also a section listing books whose dates of publication are not known. http://tc.eserver.org/14024.html http://tc.eserver.org/14024.html Instruction in writing beyond the freshman level takes a variety of forms, all of which may be thought of as 'advanced' composition. One of the best established forms and one that shows all signs of continuing growth is technical writing. Although some teachers of traditional advanced composition may blanche at the comparison, I believe it helpful to take the relationship seriously. Technical writing is a form of advanced composition that relies upon well defined audiences and writer-roles, and that addresses itself to specific purposes found in industrial, manufacturing, research and development, and other bureaucratic and technological contexts. It is its specificity that makes technical writing distinct, but, like all advanced composition, its general function is to help students muster their linguistic and rhetorical resources to have effects on readers. http://tc.eserver.org/14011.html http://tc.eserver.org/14011.html A short bibliography of works in the field compiled by a librarian at SPSU in 1999. http://tc.eserver.org/13919.html http://tc.eserver.org/13919.html Identified in this article are 163 texts selected from a database of over 25,000 citations collected from five technical communication journals between 1988 and 1997. The texts—points of reference—represent the research, theory, and practice of technical communication. http://tc.eserver.org/13922.html http://tc.eserver.org/13922.html Many technical communication educators are exploring the potential of new and emerging information technology, specifically the World Wide Web, for delivery of their courses. This bibliography intends to help technical communicators explore the potential of virtual learning environments for their courses and to provide a point of entry into this burgeoning but rather unstructured field of inquiry. More specifically, the bibliography intends to provide a structured overview of approaches to conceptualizing, designing, developing, and evaluating virtual learning environments. http://tc.eserver.org/11920.html http://tc.eserver.org/11920.html This is a listing of works on quality that we in the Quality SIG feel can be of value to technical communicators. It is divided into several parts to help you find material on the topic that interests you. If the work has been reviewed in an STC publication, or if someone has a personal observation about it, we have annotated the entry. http://tc.eserver.org/10865.html http://tc.eserver.org/10865.html John Renish publishes by far the most complete booklist within technical writing. The booklist includes books, tools (incl. software), periodicals, and Internet references (newsgroups, mailing lists incl. TECHWR-L, and ftp/html netsites). The list is at present approx. 192 Letter landscape pages and a little more A4 pages, organised as tables. For A4 printout of the books.rtf you need to reformat it to A4 Landscape (Files/Page setup), and then update the list of Contents.