1st Edition

Content Management Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice

Edited By George Pullman, Gu Baotung Copyright 2008
    223 Pages
    by Routledge

    223 Pages
    by Routledge

    This collection of articles is the first attempt by academics and professional writers to delve into the world of content management systems. The knowledge economy's greatest asset and primary problem is information management: finding it, validating it, re-purposing it, keeping it current, and keeping it safe. In the last few years content management software has become as common as word-processing software was five years ago. But unlike word processors, which are designed for single authorization and local storage, content management systems are designed to accommodate large-scale information production, with many authors providing many different pieces of information kept in a web-accessible database, any piece of which might find its way into electronic documents that the author doesn't even know exist. These software systems are complex, to say the least, and their impact on the field of writing will be immense.

    Introduction

    PART I CMS Implementation

    CHAPTER ONE Experiences with Building a Narrative Web Content Management System: Best Practices for Developing Specialized Content Management Systems (and Lessons Learned for the Classroom) Rudy McDaniel

    CHAPTER TWO Analyze Before You Act: CMS and Knowledge Transfer Carol Siri Johnson and Susan Fowler

    CHAPTER THREE Learning with Limits: New Faculty and Course Management Systems Julie Staggers, Meredith W. Zoetewey, and Michael Pennell

    PART II CMS and Technical Communication Pedagogy

    CHAPTER FOUR Why We Should Teach XML: An Argument for Technical Acuity Becky Jo Gesteland McShane

    CHAPTER FIVE Digital Delivery and Communication Technologies: Understanding Content Management Systems through Rhetorical Theory Michelle F. Eble

    CHAPTER SIX Topography of Educational Place(s): Technical Communication, Instructor Preparedness, and Hybrid Courses Lisa Meloncon

    PART III CMS and the Profession of Technical Communication

    CHAPTER SEVEN Content Management Systems and Technical Communication: Rolling with the Tide Robin Evans

    CHAPTER EIGHT Single Sourcing and the Return to Positivism: The Threat of Plain-Style, Arhetorical Technical Communication Practices Jeffrey Bacha

    CHAPTER NINE Content Management in an International Outsourcing Framework: A Perspective for Technical Communicators Kirk St. Amant

    CHAPTER TEN The Technical Editor as New Media Author: How CMSs Affect Editorial Authority Nicole Amare

    CHAPTER ELEVEN Applying Cohesion and Contrastive Rhetoric Research to Content Management Practices Lyn F. Gattis

    Meet the Contributors

    Index

    Biography

    George Pullman, Gu Baotung