Based on the notion of "reaching out," this proceedings presents papers from the annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication. Papers in the proceedings are: "Southern Tech's Technical Writing Certificate" (William S. Pfeiffer); "Reach Out and Quack Someone" (Daniel R. Jones); "Reaching Out: A Rationale for University and Industrial Collaboration in Planning and Evaluating Technical Communication Programs" (Sherry Burgus Little); "Reaching Out: Designing and Teaching a Graduate-Level Course in the Theory and Research of Media Selection" (Laurie Schultz Hayes); "Reaching Out to Other Disciplines" (Muriel Zimmerman); "The Instructional Communication Workshop for Graduate Teaching Assistants in Technical Areas at the University of Missouri-Rolla" (Sam C. Geonetta); "Disciplinary Tensions: Teaching Self-Critical Reflection in an Upper-Division Technical Writing Course" (Carol Lipson); "The Metaphor of the Web: A Link between Collaborative Writing and Gender Studies" (Mary M. Lay); "Designing a Model for Collaboration" (Susan Feinberg); "The Need for Collaborative Learning Opportunities in Technical Writing" (Kenneth T. Rainey); "Reaching Out with Grant Proposals: Linking Classroom Instruction with Program Development" (Susan K. Ahern); "Electronic Documentation Comes of Age" (Henrietta Nickels Shirk); "Desktop Publishing: The Writer's Expanding Role" (Chuck Nelson); "Using Desktop Publishing in an Advanced Writing Class" (Daniel Riordan); "A Cautionary Word about Desktop Publishing" (Judith Kaufman); and "Electronic Bulletin Boards: Their Benefits to Academia" (Sherry Southard). The proceedings also includes a message from the president of CPTSC, the conference program, and results of the annual business meeting. Appendixes presenting the constitution, lists of meeting sites and dates, members, and a list of ERIC document numbers for past proceedings of the CPTSC are attached. (RS)