Archive for June, 2008

New online, international Journal of Writing Research

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The first issue of the new online, international Journal of Writing Research is now indexed in CompPile.  We will add this to the list of journals that we index regularly.

Teaching English in the Two-Year College

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

TETYC is now indexed through its recent 2008 issues.  This is an important upload for the 2000+ initiative.  We now have an arrangement with the editorial staff at TETYC to help us keep the entries updated.

WAC Clearinghouse Bibliography @ CompPile

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

CompPile now includes the bibliographic entries (with the annotations) that were listed in the WAC Bibliography section of the WAC Clearinghouse. Thanks to Mike Palmquist and Justin Jory for making this possible. All of the entries that moved to CompPile can be located by using "[WAC Clearinghouse]" as the search ...

Blog feed @ CompPile

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Users will notice the addition of a CompBlog feed in the bottom left of the front page.  I'm trying this feature to generate a bit of interest in the blog and to prompt me (and Rich) to use the blog more regularly. The blog has an RSS feed available, but I'm ...

Updating: Publishers, Edited Collections, Edited Series, and Archives

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

As I continue to migrate to the new site, Rich and I are reconsidering a number of spaces / pages. The long-term vision for CompPile includes in part more reliance on database-driven pages, to avoid static pages that require ongoing attention and maintenance to keep them current. Also, ...

New volunteers’ guide

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

The volunteers' guide has been updated.  It's now available online and as a PDF download.

Updates: Journals Covered, Adopt a Journal, Volunteer

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Finally updated the journals  pages, moving to the new CompPile "look" and changing the primary organization of the journals to the new "scholarly areas" categories.  In addition, the process for volunteering / adopting journals is updated, too, as a way to integrate the 'Associates' in that process. I will be adding ...

Announcing CompPile Associates

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

We are excited to announce the first >CompPile Associates<: Dr. Ed Nagelhout, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Dr. Susan Wolff Murphy, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. What are >CompPile Associates<? Last month, we celebrated CompPile's seventh birthday. Since its appearance in May 2001, with 17,000+ entries, it has grown to more than ...

Sue Hum’s annotations

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

In a week or so, I'll finish uploading Sue Hum's annotations for a large chunk of articles indexed in CompPile. The annotations cover all pieces relevant to comp/rhet published from 1970 through 1979 in College English, College Composition and Communication, Freshman English News, and Journal of Basic Writing. So far ...