[ATTW-L] Editing Textbook (Heather Listhartke)

[Heather Listhartke]

Hi all,
Thanks all for bringing up this topic. I'm a fairly new professor and will
be teaching this course in the fall. I've been looking at options, trying
to see/frankenstein materials to meet my needs. One of the big
conversations that came up in the course prep and researching was the
emerging emphasis in the editing and technical communication worlds on not
just editing written text, but also editing audio, video, and working with
webpages. Most of the materials don't suit this need. I do think there's a
call and need for newer, updated materials. Like many others, I also really
try to prioritize OER materials for my course.

I'd love to contribute to a technical editing resource, as well.

*Heather Listhartke, PhD*
Assistant Professor of Writing
Internship Coordinator

Winthrop University
230 Bancroft Hall
Rock Hill, SC 29733

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> From: "Lettner-Rust, Heather" <lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>
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> Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
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> Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu>
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> Hi Folks,
> I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print, however,
> it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> Thanks,
> Beth Kramer-Simpson
> Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> New Mexico Tech
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> I'd love to help with a new [updated] edition of Rude/Eaton--but didn't
> think that doing so was an option.  Is it?
>
> --
> Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
> 501.352.0842 (c) | canahrwold at ualr.edu | ualr.edu <canahrwold at ualr.edu>
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> On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu> wrote:
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> > Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
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> > Hi Folks,
> > I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> > loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print,
> however,
> > it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> > suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> > updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> > Thanks,
> > Beth Kramer-Simpson
> > Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> > New Mexico Tech
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> --
> Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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> From: Stephen Bernhardt <sab at udel.edu>
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> I?d speak with editors of the book series at the WAC Clearinghouse to see
> if they might be interested.
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> Steve Bernhardt
> Bayside DE
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> On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 1:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu> wrote:
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> > Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
> >
> >
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> > Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu>
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> > Hi Folks,
> > I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> > loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print,
> however,
> > it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> > suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> > updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> > Thanks,
> > Beth Kramer-Simpson
> > Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> > New Mexico Tech
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> From: "Grover, Stephen" <david.grover at park.edu>
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> Friends,
>
> Oxford UP published Technical Editing<
> https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/technical-editing-9780190872670?cc=us&lang=en&>
> in 2019. I have it but haven?t used it in a class?at almost 600 pages it is
> too much for the undergraduate courses I teach, but it might work in a
> graduate course.
>
> In my undergraduate Intro to Tech Editing course I use The Copyeditor?s
> Handbook and Workbook<
> https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-copyeditors-handbook-and-workbook/paper>
> from UC Press and supplement it with other readings and activities (mostly
> editing technical texts).
>
> I also wrote several short articles on editing topics not typically
> covered in textbooks, and I published them on my OER website here:
> http://groversenglish.com/craftofediting.php. These are free for anyone
> to use, and I?d love to publish similar articles if any of you have stuff
> you?d like to write (mine often stem from in-class lectures or discussions
> that I?ve given repeatedly).
>
> Happy teaching!
> David
>
> Stephen David Grover, PhD
> Assistant Professor of English
> Program Coordinator of First-Year Writing
> Park University<https://www.park.edu/> | Parkville Campus | Copley 306
> Department of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
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> I?d speak with editors of the book series at the WAC Clearinghouse to see
> if they might be interested.
>
> Steve Bernhardt
> Bayside DE
>
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> On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 1:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu<mailto:lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>> wrote:
>
> Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
>
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> Hi Folks,
> I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print, however,
> it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> Thanks,
> Beth Kramer-Simpson
> Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> New Mexico Tech
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> From: "David K. Farkas" <farkas at uw.edu>
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> Hello Technical Communication Folks,
>
> I taught a course in technical editing at the University of Washington from
> 1982 to (approximately) 2000.  I have a large collection of teaching
> materials?teaching notes, student handouts, exercises, etc. I hold the
> copyright to most of it. I would happily contribute this material to any
> effort to create a new (ideally, public domain) textbook.
>
> I also wrote a 40-page monograph, *How to Teach Technical Editing, *that
> was published by the Society for Technical Communication in 1986. I was
> told that it sold well for many years. Much of it can be re-written as
> student-facing textbook material. STC holds the copyright but would, I
> assume, transfer it to people who are creating a resource that would be
> useful for our field.
>
> I have put all this material up on my Google Drive. This is the public
> link:
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LLUsM4GtFvjTuNsZlnohelMsa3P4aZrT?usp=drive_link
>
> I hereby put all the technical editing material that I have authored and
> placed in my Technical Editing Google Drive folder in the public domain.
> Anyone is welcome to use and adapt it, whether for some kind of textbook or
> for the use of individual instructors.
>
> A signed declaration of public domain status is included among the Google
> Drive files.
>
> All this material will remain available in my Google Drive for the duration
> of the year 2025.
>
> Carolyn Rude?s technical editing textbook is excellent. But I recognize
> that it may be very desirable to make a less expensive (or no cost)
> textbook option available to our students.
>
>
>
> -- Dave Farkas
>
>
> --
> David K. Farkas, Professor Emeritus
> Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
> University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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