Biography:JoAnn Hackos
JoAnn T. Hackos is a lecturer, consultant, and author of a number of books about technical communication.[1] Now retired, Hackos is the founder of the Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) and the president emeritus of Comtech Services in Denver, Colorado.[2][3] She is also a fellow and past president of the Society for Technical Communication. She is a member of the IEEE Standards Association and active in the ISO SC7 Working Groups that is developing standards for information developers. She is the co-author of the standards on content management and information-development management.
Hackos is considered an expert in the fields of content management and information design,[4] with some of her work in the fields being described as "groundbreaking."[5]
Hackos was also an early and vocal advocate of the single source publishing idea.[6] She was instrumental in founding the OASIS DITA Standards Committee.
Works
- A Practical Guide to XLIFF with Bryan Schnabel and Rodolfo Raya (XML Press, 2015)
- Information Development, Managing your Documentation Projects, Portfolio, and People (Wiley 2006)
- Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery (Wiley 2002)
- Managing Your Documentation Projects (Wiley 1994)
- Standards for Online Communication (Wiley 1997)
- User and Task Analysis for Interface Design (Wiley 1998)
- Introduction to DITA: Second Edition' (Comtech Services 2011)
Honors and awards
- 2013 - Horace Hockley Award, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (United Kingdom)[7]
- 2003 - Rigo Award, Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication[8]
- 2000 - Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Communication Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Professional Communication Society[9]
References
- ↑ Notes from 48th International STC Conference , Chicago, Illinois, May 13–16, 2001 at the official website of the Orlando chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Accessed March 9, 2013.
- ↑ JoAnn Hackos at The Dynamic Publisher. Accessed March 9, 2013.
- ↑ Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery. Copyright 2001, 2002 WebDesign & Review. Accessed March 9, 2013.
- ↑ JoAnn Hackos on Moving Legacy Documentation into DITA: An Interview at Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. Accessed March 9, 2013.
- ↑ History of Dita at Dita Users. Accessed March 9, 2013.
- ↑ Meeting JoAnn Hackos by Bob Doyle, Mon, 2006-08-28. © 1993-2013 OASIS. Accessed March 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Horace Hockley Award 2013". http://www.istc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Communicator-2013-Winter-JoAnnHackos.pdf.
- ↑ "Rigo Award". SIGDOC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614135502/http://www.sigdoc.org/awards/rigo.html. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ↑ PCS Awards at the IEEE PCS official website. Accessed March 9, 2013.
External links
- An Interview with JoAnn Hackos by Scott Abel, Wednesday, August 30, 2006
- Bibliography at Alibris
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- Professional profile at the Center for Information-Development Management's official website
- Quotations from JoAnn Hackos at Dey Alexander Consulting, February 17, 2006
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ACM SIGDOC Rigo Award 2003 |
Succeeded by Alan Cooper |
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