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SIGDOC Newsletter
December 2004 :: Volume 5, Number 4


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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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Interested 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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