Wortmarke (Logo) der STC
Weblink: www.stc.org
| Die STC – Society for Technical Communication ist der Fachverband für Technische Redakteure (Technical Communicators) sowie Information Designer, Übersetzer und andere Fachleute der Technischen Kommunikation in den USA und in Kanada. |
Die STC hat über 14.000 Mitglieder (Stand: 2009), überwiegend in den USA, aber auch in Kanada und einigen europäischen Ländern (zum Beispiel »France Chapter«). Aktivitäten:
- Herausgabe der Fachzeitschrift »Technical Communication« (Erscheinungsweise: vierteljährlich; enthält wissenschaftlich orientierte Fachartikel, Untersuchungen, Forschungsberichte, Buchrezensionen)
- Herausgabe des Magazins »intercom« (Erscheinungsweise: monatlich; enthält kurze, anwendungsbezogene, berufspraktische Artikel, Society Pages)
- Ausrichtung von Fachtagungen (STC summits) mit Vorträgen und Workshops
Selbstdarstellung der STC
»STC is a professional association that advances the arts and sciences
of technical communication. Its 14,000+ members include technical writers,
editors, graphic designers, multimedia artists, Web and intranet page
information designers, translators and others whose work involves making
technical information understandable and available to those who need
it.«
(Quelle: STC: For the Press. http://www.stc.org/about/press01.asp, abgerufen: 3. 2. 2009)
Der Wert Technischer Kommunikation
Die STC setzt sich für eine stärkere Beachtung der Technischen Kommunikation ein und beschreibt deswegen den Wert Technischer Kommunikation (Value of Technical Communication) wie folgt:
»With increasing demand for technical products, the technical
communication field has grown. What used to be the strict discipline of
creating and editing policies and manuals has now exploded into a rich
field of communicating in many media as well as performing user
analysis, applying usability methods, creating e-learning, and much
more.
Technical communicators have become an asset to many
companies with their understanding of technical processes, as well as
their ability to communicate information in a clear and usable way to
different groups, from consumers to end users. Technical communicators
have the crucial job to plan, design, organize, write, edit, and test
information. That information may be safety critical, keeping consumers
and employees from harming themselves and others by unintentionally
misusing products. That information may also be what makes consumers
and employees productive and happy by showing them how to perform their
tasks quickly and easily.
Some examples of people within
the technical communication field are: content developers,
documentation specialists, indexers, information architects,
information designers, instructional designers, researchers, teachers,
technical illustrators, technical writers and editors, translators,
usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, and Web
designers and developers.«
(Quelle: STC: Telling Our Powerful Story. http://www.stc.org/story/, abgerufen: 3. 2. 2009)
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