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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959456803321

Titolo

New perspectives on technical editing / / edited by Avon J. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-22405-4

1-351-84273-0

0-89503-685-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Baywood's technical communications series

Altri autori (Persone)

MurphyAvon Jack

Disciplina

808/.0666

Soggetti

Technical editing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Baywood Pub. Co., Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""New Perspectives on technical Editing""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""CHAPTER 1. Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 2. Conducting Research in Technical Editing""; ""CHAPTER 3. History and Trends in Technical Editing""; ""CHAPTER 4. The Teaching of Technical Editing""; ""CHAPTER 5. The Editor Within the Modern Organization""; ""CHAPTER 6. Copyediting and Beyond""; ""CHAPTER 7. The Editor and the Electronic Word: Onscreen Editing as a Tool for Efficiency and Communication with Authors""; ""CHAPTER 8. Editing Within the Pure Sciences""

""CHAPTER 9. Editing a Technical Journal""""CHAPTER 10. Annotated Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Selected titles from : Baywood's Technical Communications Series""; ""Back Cover""

Sommario/riassunto

New Perspectives on Technical Editing provides readers with a rich picture of a thriving discipline. Its 10 chapters are written by various experts in the field, each of whom looks at technical editing from a distinct vantage point, setting challenging questions and offering authoritative recommendations based on experience and research. Contributors examine significant approaches to the practice and teaching of technical editing: the recommended research methodologies, the not entirely straightforward history of technical editing, effective approaches to developing editing courses, the politics of editing within today's organizations, the definition and on-the-job



work of copyediting, the power of electronic editing, the complex nature and best practices of science editing, and the nuts and bolts of successfully editing technical journals. Readers will find insights into background literature, trends, responsibilities, workflow, legal issues, ethics, tricks of the trade, unanticipated complications, business know-how, considerations of audience, interpersonal relations, and strategies for different media that they can apply in their own work and research. Each contributor provides substantive chapter references, and the book's annotated bibliography describes and evaluates 100 of the most influential and useful editing resources.