Editor's Column
Mostly Housekeeping
by Kit brown
It's a busy fall in PCS world!
The website will be migrating to Drupal and a new URL on 1 October 2007. The unveiling will occur at IPCC. For now, the newsletter will continue as it has for the past 3 years. We are, however, working on a way to limit access to members only (so if you are a lurker, now is the time to sign up as a member!), and we will eventually be migrating to a new URL, which will be set up (as it is currently) so that you can bookmark the main page and always see the most current issue.
The survey I mentioned in the last newsletter is coming; the website changes and some issues with getting current member information have slowed it down, but we DO want to know what you think and what you would like to see.
Write It Right
Judy Goldsmith and Robert Sloan have serialized a paper of theirs on writing skills for technical professionals. They are computer science professors, and share their insights into writing effectively.
Book Reviews
I have a several people who have expressed interest in writing book and website reviews. Now, I need books and websites to review. If you have written/heard of a book or produced/heard of a website on a topic related to technical communication, send me the bibliographic information and I will get someone to do a review.
Topics for Next Year
It is time to start brainstorming article ideas for next year. If you have something you want to know more about, or conversely, something you want to tell folks about, please let me know and we will get it on the schedule. I would love people to volunteer to write the feature articles on a topic that interests them and is related to technical communication! (One caveat, the newsletter emphasizes practical advice that the reader can use immediately in his/her work. Scholarly papers are better suited for the Transactions.)
Thank you, dear reader, for your time and interest! I hope that the newsletter continues to provide you with good information that helps you do your job more effectively.