内容简介：
As computers have brought important developments to composition studies, writing centres have found themselves creating and improvising applications for their own work and often for the writing programs and institutions in which they live. On-line tutorials, websites with an array of downloadable resources for students, scheduling and email possibilities--all of these are becoming common-place among writing centres across the country. However, in spite of impressive work by individual centres, exchange on these topics between and among writing centres has been sporadic. As more writing centres approach getting "wired" and others continue to upgrade, the need for communication and collaboration becomes ever more obvious, and so does the need to understand theoretical implications of choices made. This is one of the first few books to address the theory and application of electronics in the writing centre. Many of these contributors explore particular features of their own "wired" centres, discussing theoretical foundations, pragmatic choices, and practical strengths. Others review a range of centres for the approaches they represent. A strong annotated bibliography of signal work in the area is also included. A must-read for writing centre directors and their staffs, whether approaching the decision to wire their own centre for the first time or to upgrade it.