SIGDOC Newsletter
December 2004
:: Volume 5, Number 4
Interesting Items
You can find a nice list of interesting articles at Technews:
http://www.acm.org/technews
IBM wins BCS Women in IT Award
IBM UK has been presented with the British Computer Society (BCS)
Women in IT Award. This is a brand new award, falling under the BCS IT
Professional
Awards. The BCS IT Professional Awards honor IT organizations for
overall excellence and public service. The Women in IT Award recognizes
the
organization that has shown the highest achievement in offering and
promoting opportunities for women in the IT industry. IBM UK demonstrated
this achievement by upholding IBM's core values, especially those
devoted to employee development and diversity.
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in or Work on Developer Documentation or SDKs?
There are few resources
for technical writers who wish to document Software
Development Kits (SDKs), the resources that help software developers
create new software and integrate existing software. This research
will present the following results of online surveys and interviews:
- Advice from practitioners on best practices.
- Breakdowns
of specific SDK-related tasks performed by practitioners.
- Background
knowledge required for each task.
- Specific subject matter knowledge
used for tasks.
If you are interested in or contribute (as a writer, editor, project
manager, or programmer) to this work, and would like to contribute
to this project, please complete the following short survey:
http://webq.catalyst.washington.edu/survey.cgi?user=bottoc&survey=2
This survey is part of a research project for a graduate student at
the University of Washington's Technical Communication's Department.
For
questions or feedback, please contact bottoc@u.washington.edu.
The goal is to determine best practices for writing programming documentation
and to develop training for technical writers interested in this area.
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Election for SIGDOC Board Positions
Candidates:
President
Scott Tilley stilley@cs.fit.edu
Brad Mehlenbacher brad_m@unity.ncsu.edu Vice president
Robert Pierce robertp@us.ibm.com
John Stamey jwstamey@coastal.edu
Secretary-Treasurer:
Jason Swarts jswarts@unity.ncsu.edu
Ashley Williams ashley_elizabeth_williams@yahoo.com
See http://www.acm.org/sigs/elections for
more information.
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