The EServer Technical Communication Library is a free,open-access index of works available online for professional,scientific and technical communicators (such as technical writers).
Since it was first founded in 2001,the TC Library site has grown to become the single most comprehensive technical communication body of knowledge in the world. Today it offers free access to a database of more than 17,000 articles,presentations,and miscellaneous other materials of importance to the field.
The TC Library is nonprofit and entirely free of charge,in the spirit of public research and scholarship,and collects no personally identifiable information about its users. The site runs using a custom content management system,one coded entirely by hand (not using ready-made CMS or blogging software).
The TC Library received a 98.9% grade from grader.com for its standards compliance and features. In 2008 the site received an APEX Award of Excellence from the annual Awards for Publication Excellence competition,in the category for websites. It is rated by Alexa.com (the division of Amazon which tracks website popularity) as the most popular technical writing site in the world. It has an advisory board of seven members,an editorial board of eight members,and a director. The founding (and still) director is Geoffrey Sauer,the principal of Sauer New Media Consulting.