Communication Awards
Each year SIGUCCS sponsors Communication Awards to recognize outstanding web sites, publications and promotional materials produced by university and college computing centers. These awards recognize excellence in developing useful and appealing materials to enhance user services and offer attendees an opportunity to garner ideas to enhance their own efforts.
The awards will be presented at the Fall Conference. Winning entries will be displayed during the conference. Participants and any conference attendees are also encouraged to display their own materials in the Documentation Room at the conference.
In each category, the top entry will receive a "Best of Category" award, while other winners will receive an "Award of Excellence." In recognition of the differences in resources available to institutions of varying size, there may be two groups of competitors in a category. Schools with fewer than 4000 students may compete in Group 1 and those with 4000 or more in Group 2. The "Best of Category" award winners will be asked to present their materials at the conference Poster session. All award winners will be invited to a special recognition breakfast, which will be held during the conference.
Communication Awards Categories
- Category 1: Web Sites
1a: Computing Services Public
1b: Computing Services Internal - Category 2: Computing Newsletter
2a: Printed Computing Newsletter
2b: Electronic Computing Newsletter - Category 3: How-to Guides and Instructional Material
3a: Printed How-to Guides
3b: Electronic How-to Guides
3c: Printed Instructional Classroom Material
3d: Electronic Instructional Classroom Material - Category 4: Quick Reference Guides
4a: Printed Quick Reference Guides - Category 5: Promotional Materials
5a: General Service Promotional Materials
5b: General Service Campaign Materials
5c: Student-Created Promotional Materials
5d: Short Promotional Video/Audio
5e: Long Promotional Video/Audio - Category 6: Software Distribution
6a: Physical Media
6b: Electronic Media
Participate in 2009
Your entry must be developed by staff affiliated with your college or university. Institutions may enter up to three entries in each category. An institution may not enter a category judged by one of its staff or faculty members.
Details on submissions can be found on the conference web page. Look for information as it is posted for the Fall 2009 conference.
Note: The "Best of Category" winners in each category will be asked to judge the Communication Awards next year.
Past Competition Winners
Fall 2009 - St. Louis, Missouri
Fall 2008 - Portland, Oregon
Fall 2007 - Orlando, Florida
Fall 2006 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Fall 2005 - Monterey, California
Fall 2004 - Baltimore, Maryland
Fall 2003 - San Antonio, Texas
Fall 2002 - Providence, Rhode Island
Fall 2001 - Portland, Oregon
Fall 2000 - Richmond, Virginia
Fall 1999 - Denver, Colorado
Fall 1998 - Bloomington, Indiana
Fall 1997 - Monterey, California
Fall 1996 - Chicago, Illinois