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The Future Of University Presses, Janet Rabinowitch Jan 2004

The Future Of University Presses, Janet Rabinowitch

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

The "future of university presses" is an open-ended topic, and I don't pretend to be a crystal ball gazer, so I will focus my remarks more directly on trends and issues that are currently preoccupying my university press colleagues, developments that will have a strong influence on what our future is likely to be.


Ade Awards--Winter 2004 Jan 2004

Ade Awards--Winter 2004

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Life Service Award--Julian P. Boyd Award--Lyman H. Butterfield Award


Obituary--Susan J. Rosowski, Frederick M. Link Jan 2004

Obituary--Susan J. Rosowski, Frederick M. Link

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Susan Rosowski, Adele Hall Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, died on November 2, 2004, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. Professor Rosowski was general editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition, director of the Cather Project and the Cather International Seminar, and editor-in-chief of Cather Studies. She was the major force in creating and sustaining all of them. Over some twenty years, she was instrumental in securing Cather's place as a major twentieth century author. She won the University's highest awards for both teaching and scholarship, a rare achievement, and her professional life modeled …


Ade Committees 2004-2005 Jan 2004

Ade Committees 2004-2005

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Officers--Committees


A Software-Based Knowledge Management System Using Narrative Texts, Thomas Rudy Mcdaniel Jan 2004

A Software-Based Knowledge Management System Using Narrative Texts, Thomas Rudy Mcdaniel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Technical and professional communicators have in recent research been challenged to make significant contributions to the field of knowledge management, and to learn or create the new technologies allowing them to do so. The purpose of this dissertation is to make such a combined theoretical and applied contribution from the context of the emerging discipline of Texts and Technology. This dissertation explores the field of knowledge management (KM), particularly its relationship to the related study of artificial intelligence (AI), and then recommends a KM software application based on the principles of narratology and narrative information exchange. The focus of knowledge …


A Rhetoric Of Technology: The Discourse In U.S. Army Manuals And Handbooks, Sherry Ann Steward Jan 2004

A Rhetoric Of Technology: The Discourse In U.S. Army Manuals And Handbooks, Sherry Ann Steward

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the historical technical publications of the United States Army from 1775-2004. Historical research in Army technical communication reveals the persuasive characteristics of its technical publications. Elements of narrative, storytelling, and anthropomorphism are techniques writers used to help deliver information to readers. Research also reveals the design techniques writers adopted to unite the situated literacies of the troops. Analyses of print, comic, and digital media expose the increasing visualization of information since the eighteenth century. The results of such historical research can be applied to new media designs. Automating processes captured in paper-based technical manuals and adding intelligent …


Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 4, Winter 2004--Front Matter Jan 2004

Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 4, Winter 2004--Front Matter

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Cover--Photo of State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN--Title page--Publication information--Contents--Contributors


Presidential Address--I Dreamed Of Editing, Esther Katz Jan 2004

Presidential Address--I Dreamed Of Editing, Esther Katz

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Presidential address delivered at the 26th annual meeting of the Association for Documentary Editing Indianapolis, Indiana, 13 November 2004


The Editor As Biographer, John P. Kaminski Jan 2004

The Editor As Biographer, John P. Kaminski

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Editors are really biographers of sorts almost all the time when editing ~ the papers of their subjects. All meaningful characters who appear in documentary editions are usually identified in footnotes and head notes, biographical directories, introductions, and sometimes even in indexes. No one knows the subject-the person being studied-as well as the documentary editor. Day in and day out editors pore over their documents intently, attempting to make sense of the interrelationships among all the historical participants. As part of their responsibility, editors explain the intricacies and uncertainties in these relationships.


Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 4, Winter 2004--Index Jan 2004

Documentary Editing, Volume 26, Number 4, Winter 2004--Index

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

No abstract provided.


Ade 26th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, 12-14 November 2004, Session Summaries Jan 2004

Ade 26th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, 12-14 November 2004, Session Summaries

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Connection and Education: Editors and the Web--Editing Native American Materials--Editing Around Blank Spaces: Dealing with Classified, Suppressed, and Limited Access Materials--Alarums and Excursions in Literary Editing--Editors and Biography--Bombs, but Bonnets Too: Military History Projects as Sources for Social History