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Subject:Re: Value-add: Thanks for your help From:"House, Barry" <BHouse -at- LRS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:33:39 -0500
> >A bit more than a year ago I started inquiring on this list about how
to
> >measure value added by technical documentation, and I got many, many
> >helpful responses. The long-delayed (the delay was my own fault)
result
> >was a Master's thesis and, this month, an article in STC's journal
> >Technical Communication. I want here to acknowledge the help given
me by
> >this great mailing list, and say thank you to all.
>
> And we'd just like to add that it's a spectacular article! It's very
well
> written, clear, comprehensive, and invaluable to anyone who ever
> needs to convince an employer or client of the value added by
> effective technical communication.
>
Although management at my current company is pretty enlightened, I'd
like to get my hands on this article. I'm not an STC member, though; can
anyone tell me how to purchase a copy of Technical Communication?
