An Idea from the Field

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An Idea from the Field

• 21st Century Service to All users
• Susan Ardis 06.02
• s.ardis_at_mail.utexas.edu

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Overview

• College of Engineering
• 4000 ug
• 85 English as first language
• 2000 grad
• 66 English as a first language
• Engineering Library

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Technical Writing Tutorial

• Hands on
• Frames based
• Easily changeable examples

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Improvement project

• Add narration in selected languages
• Spanish first
• Korean
• Arabic
• Narration to be done by library staff
• Text will still be in English
• The tools are in English
• Screen captures

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Proposal for the Future

• Form consortia
• Create general tools
• Online catalog basics
• Indexes we all love
• Voice overs
• Create highly specialized tutorials
• German Standards

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Lets see and hear it

• Demo