Latest issue of the Exchange available now
In this issue:
- Editor's Note
- Kathy's Korner
- Geek Etymology
- Thinking Outside the Box
- Book Review: Writing for Scholars: A Practical Guide to Making Sense and Being Heard
- Ten Helpful Editing Practices
- Summit 2011 Reviews
- Bits and Pieces
- Contact and copyright information
Also available for download as PDF [approx. 3 MB].
Upcoming Webinar Co-Hosted by the STC Academic and SciCom SIGs
The Rhetoric of Science and How Metaphor Constitutes Knowledge in Science
Registration closes 17 February!
To sign up, email admin@stc-academic.org (with your name and email address).
Join us for a free Webinar event, as Ken Baake presents "The Rhetoric of Science and How Metaphor Constitutes Knowledge in Science" on Thursday, February 23rd, 2:00-3:00pm CST. The rhetoric of science has been a flourishing academic sub-discipline since Thomas Kuhn's book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, was published in the 1960s, revealing the means by which knowledge in science comes to be enshrined textually. This role of language in science is the topic of Ken Baake's STC Webinar. He will first review the rhetoric of science as a field of study, and then turn to his own area of research-the means by which metaphor as a rhetorical device helps to constitute knowledge in science. Baake will review findings from his 2003 book on metaphor and science and present examples of the role of metaphor in the sciences, offering insights for technical communicators who are involved in science writing.
To sign up, email admin@stc-academic.org (with your name and email address) to reserve a spot.
Registration is free and closes on Friday, February 17.
The Exchange: Volume 18 Number 1
Hot off new newsletter editor Louise St. Germain's press, here's the latest issue of The Exchange. Grab a copy of the PDF for a great new look and the same mix of thought-provoking articles on all aspects of scientific communication that you're used to. In this issue you'll find:
SciCom Activities at STC Conference, Sacramento May 15-18
The SIG is offering plenty of activities for members at the STC annual conference. For those of you attending, please join us.
SUNDAY - STC Leadership Day
All STC members are welcome to attend all or part. The SciCom leaders will attend. Check out the Leadership Day schedule, including the schedule of those sessions that will be webcast.
MONDAY - 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Sheraton - Communities Reception
Our SciCom table will include copies of our newsletter, free bookmarks providing a "SciCom Guide to the Summit," and we'll host a raffle for some Little Giants of Science. Please come by on Monday and visit our table.
TUESDAY - 11:30am - 12:30pm, Room 302/303 in the Convention Center - SciCom Networking/Get Acquainted meeting
Please join us for a SciCom-only gathering. Bring your lunch and we will provide sweets.
TUESDAY evening - We are organizing a SciCom outing to a local, walking-distance restaurant
If you're interested, let us know on Monday night, so we have a headcount for the reservation.
SciCom Members Making Presentations
- RON STONE: "Strategies for Organizing Global and Local Technical Communicators" in session 223, Tuesday 4 - 5pm during the International Communication Progression.
- KAREN LANE: Serves as an index evaluator in session 308, "Index Evaluation Workshop," in the Writing and Editing track, Tuesday 10 - 11am.
SciCom Recognition
STC plans to have identifying nametag ribbons for your SIG memberships; please wear your SciCom ribbon so we can recognize each other.
You can follow us, or reach us on Twitter at the conference: @STC_SciComSIG, #stc11
SciCom SIG Logo Contest
The Scientific Communication special interest group (SciCom SIG) of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) is having a logo design contest! Send your logo design or logo design sketch to stcsc.newsletter@gmail.com before 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, March 25, 2011, and you could win the prize, a copy of the award-winning book The Craft of Scientific Communication (University of Chicago Press), co-authored by Joseph Harmon and Alan Gross.
Read the full contest rules, and help give the SciCom SIG a new identity!
New SIG team and call for volunteers
If you haven't already heard, the SciCom SIG now has a new management team. You can read about the new team and their plans for the future of the SIG in the latest SIG Manager's Message.
As stated in that message, there's plenty of room for volunteers to help to make the SIG a vital, and useful resource for all its members. If you'd like to get involved in planning events, writing content for the website, managing volunteers, running member surveys, or any of the other items mentioned, please don't hesitate to get in touch through the stcscsig-l mailing list, or by emailing stcscsig.membership@gmail.com
We'd like to sincerely thank Kathie Gorski and Geoff Hart, the departing management team, for their work on the SciCom SIG.
The Exchange: Volume 17 Number 3
This edition of the Exchange marks the end of an era: it is the last issue to be edited by Geoff Hart, editor of the newsletter for the past 11 years. Read his parting editorial and join with me in thanking him for all of his hard work and commitment to the newsletter over the years.
Available in HTML and PDF formats.
In this issue:
The Exchange: Volume 17 Number 2
|The latest issue of the Exchange is here with articles on creating alternative media formats for your writing, choosing great titles for technical articles, words and modern language usage, and an editorial on the difficulties of conveying scientific information to an unreceptive audience.
Available, as usual, in HTML and PDF formats.
In this issue:
The Exchange: Volume 17 Number 1
|Geoff Hart presents the first issue of the Exchange for 2010. You'll find the usual mix of articles, including Geoff's reflections on ten years as the newsletter's editor. I'm sure that all SIG members would join me in saying thanks for all of your hard work in making the Exchange happen, Geoff.
In this issue:
The Exchange: Volume 16 Number 4
Geoff Hart has completed the December 2009 issue of the Exchange.
Apologies for the rushed nature of this announcement. Due to reduced internet connectivity, only the PDF version is currently online.
Update:
- A brave new workflow for the composition of scientific, technical, and medical journals
- Editorial: Outliers—the forgotten 5%
- Bulletproof: how to armor-plate your work
- Book review: The Myths of Innovation
- Book review: Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice
- Fun on the Web
- Parting thoughts
Apologies, once again for the delay, the latest Exchange is now available in both HTML and PDF versions.
