ISTC - Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators

Status:	Public, non-profit organisation
Founded:	1948
Membership:	Approximately 1000
Members:	Experts in technical communications
Business sectors:	All business sectors
Goals:	To improve scientific and technical communication by improving educational and training standards.
Activities:	Annual conferences and meetings Support of universities and other institutions on the national level in establishing curricula and degrees Awarding of the annual ISTC Documentation Awards Publishing of a technical journal as well as maintaining a WWW site Publishing a digital newsletter. For more information or to subscribe go to: http://www.istc.org.uk/Publications/Newsletter/newsletter.htm Special Interest Groups Regional groups Library Establishment of recognised educational degrees
Events:	Annual conference
Website:	http://www.istc.org.uk