Technical Series

This practical text offers a research-based account of the technical communication profession and its practice, outlining emergent touchpoints of this fast-changing field while highlighting its diversity. Through research on the history and the globalization of technical communication and up-to-date industry analysis, including first-hand narratives from industry practitioners, this book brings together common threads through the industry, suggests future trends, and points toward strategic routes for development. Vignettes from the workplace and examples of industry practice provide tangible insights into the different paths and realities of the field, furnishing readers with a range of entry routes and potential career sectors, workplace communities, daily activities, and futures. This approach is central to helping readers understand the diverse competencies of technical communicators in the modern, globalized economy. The Profession and Practice of Technical Communication provides essential guidance for students, early professionals, and lateral entrants to the profession and can be used as a textbook for technical communication courses.

A complete technical design resource for fashion students and professionals. The Complete Book of Technical Design for Technical and Fashion Designers, 1/e is a complete learning resource for fashion technical designers, pattern makers, designers, and those in production. The first of its kind in the market, the text focuses on how technical design is practiced in the international fashion industry. Author Deborah Beard presents clear instruction with corresponding easy-to-follow technical illustrations, photos, technical packets, and grade forms. This is the stand alone version of the text. A package containing both the text and DVD can be purchased using ISBN: 0133513076. The DVD can be purchased stand alone using ISBN: 0132792109.

The focus of this text is to teach engineering students the skill of technical writing. It takes a project oriented approach and covers writing functions that are of particular use to the engineering student. This book is part of the B.E.S.T. Series.

Assembling Critical Components presents TPC as a collective identity and provides a framework for situating critical components of the field.

"The processes for acquiring, cataloging, and preserving resources have undergone dramatic changes in the past decade, and library technical services departments have had to evolve quickly in response. Often, librarians asked to take on technical services management roles find themselves both underprepared and without guidance from their institutions"--P. [4] of cover.