1996 Annual Report Page updated: June 18, 2003
SIGUCCS About Us Awards Competitions Conferences Information of Interest Join SIGUCCS Membership Services Officers & Committees		July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996    Submitted by John Bucher SIGUCCS, the Special Interest Group for University and College Computing Services, enjoyed a productive year in 1995-96, and looks forward to the implementation and completion of several new projects. At a special board meeting held in New York City in January, 1996, the board members paid particular attention to the development of new programs which could renew interest in our SIG and generate additional value for our membership. Several of these programs are currently underway. With this in mind, the board has very recently proposed that our terms be extended through June, 1999. We have received approval from the SIG Board for this extension, pending announcement in our summer newsletter. Publications: We published 3 newsletters this past year, including an updated membership list in the fall of 1995. As usual, we also published a proceedings of papers from the fall, 1995 User Services Conference. After a few years of inconsistent publication, we feel confident that our newsletter is back on track with a regular schedule. Our SIGUCCS's web page is alive and healthy at ACM.ORG and is under the direction of our newsletter editor, Linda Downing. We continue to add to the information available on our pages, including links to university and college computing newsletters and our conferences' home pages. Special Projects: One special "informal information exchange" project has recently been completed and several additional projects are underway. This past spring, the board solicited organizational charts from our membership which were then photocopied and distributed to the participating members. We received over 40 charts from 38 institutions. We expect that this will be the first of several relatively informal efforts to collect and disseminate useful information to our members. Other projects that have been assigned to various board members and/or other SIG volunteers include: development of conference proposal guidelines; special events and programs for first-time attendees at the fall conference; a rejuvenation of the "state captains" effort in order to encourage attendance at conferences. The SIGUCCS Peer Review Process has enjoyed renewed success this past year, with two processes completed and several more in the planning stages. The board intends to strengthen this program in the coming year. Conferences: The fall User Services Conference, "Winning the Networking Game" was held October 15 - 18, 1995 at the St. Louis Marriott Pavilion Hotel with approximately 325 registrants. Six preconference tutorials were presented on Sunday, October 15. Keynote speakers were Vinton Cerf and Lauren Woodhouse; over 65 individual sessions were offered, including panel discussions, workshops and papers. Conference proceedings were published. The spring Computer Services Management Symposium (CSMS) was held March 13 - 15, 1996, at its usual location in the St. Louis Marriott Pavilion Hotel. Approximately 110 people were registered. Future conferences include the fall User Services Conference to be held in Chicago, September 30 - October 2, 1996, and the 1997 CSMS to be held at the usual St. Louis location in March, 1997. Competitions and Awards: Several competitive awards were given at the fall User Services Conference: Education and Training Materials - Curriculum Catalog: First Place: CIT Computing Course Catalog, Fall 1995; Sharon Sledge and Nancy Flynn, Cornell University Second Place: Tutorials in Computing Catalogue and Calendar, Spring 1995; Christopher Kittle, Boston University Honorable Mention: Computer Training Catalog, Spring 1995; Jeanne Cavanaugh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Education and Training Materials - Classroom Materials First Place (Tie): Introduction to the Internet; Barbara Rigg-Healy, University of New Mexico First Place (Tie): Microsoft Word 6 for the Macintosh Basics Levels 1 & 2; Phylis Galt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Honorable Mention: Travelers of the Electronic Highway; Nancy Flynn & Charlotte Kiefer, Cornell University Education and training Materials - InfoGuide First Place: Information Technology Faculty Services Guide; Catherine Fehr Curran, University of California - Davis Second Place: Bear Access Road Map: Detailed Directions to the Internet; Nancy Flynn, Cornell University Honorable Mention: Netscape at a Glance; Kate Alderete, University of California - Davis Education and Training Materials - Interactive Online/Diskette First Place: Electronic Resources Multimedia Tutorial; Judith Franklin, University of Minnesota Newsletters - Over 16 Pages First Place: InfoTalk; Editor, Laura Moriarity, Emory University Second Place: PENNPrintout; Editor, Judy Smith, University of Pennsylvania Honorable Mention: Windows on Computing; Editor, Kathryn Sharpe, University of Washington Newsletters - Under 16 Pages First Place: DoIT NOW; Editor, Peggy Merrick-Bakken, University of Wisconsin, Madison Second Place: i/s; Managing Editor, Robyn Fizz, Editor, Lee Ridgeway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Honorable Mention: Computing; Editor, Molly Godsy, University of Missouri - Columbia Newsletters - Editorial Quality Honorable Mention: Campus Computing & Communications; Editors, Janet Ansell & Wendy Alexander, University of British Columbia Financial Issues: Our SIG is in a reasonably good financial situation, with our fiscal year fund balance in excess of $110,000. This is more than double what the recommended balance should be for a SIG of our type and size. The fall 1995 User Services Conference ended with a surplus in excess of $30,000 and the spring Computing Services Management Symposium broke even.
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