SIGUCCS
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SIGUCCS is an association of professionals who support and manage the diverse aspects of information technology services at higher education institutions by providing professional development opportunities for SIGUCCS members and other individuals in the field. SIGUCCS is one of 34 special interest groups of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery
, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.
Founded in 1963, ACM SIGUCCS focuses on issues surrounding the support, delivery and management of information technology services in higher education. Areas of special interest include but are not limited to: end user services (help desk, student labs, training, documentation, consulting), curricular support, audio-visual services, educational technology issues, information technology management, academic technology, and faculty support.
The SIGUCCS Fall Conference is held annually, typically in October or November. Professionals involved in end-user information technology support gather to discuss and learn about supporting and delivering services to the educational community. Conference proceedings are available online through the ACM Digital Library. http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?linked=1&part=series&idx=SERIES367&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=15940121&CFTOKEN=82105011
The SIGUCCS Management Symposium is held annually each spring, typically in March or April. For IT leaders and future leaders from colleges and universities, the Management Symposium provides a place to gather and address current challenges facing them and their institutions.
Information about past conferences http://www.siguccs.org/confer.htm#PastConferences and SIGUCCS-sponsored travel grants http://www.siguccs.org/awards.htm are available on the ACM SIGUCCS Website. http://www.siguccs.org/
Ongoing communication to allow networking in between conferences is available through two discussion lists. http://www.siguccs.org/lists.htm
The ACM SIGUCCS Hall of Fame Award http://www.siguccs.org/awards/fame.htm is an ongoing, web-based recognition of the many individuals who have contributed their time and energies to one or more things that have materially benefited SIGUCCS members in some way.
Each year SIGUCCS sponsors Communication Awards http://www.siguccs.org/competit.htm to recognize outstanding publications developed at college and university computing centers. These awards recognize excellence in developing useful and attractive publications and provide SIGUCCS conference participants with an opportunity to review model publications that may help them develop or enhance their own work.
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.
Founded in 1963, ACM SIGUCCS focuses on issues surrounding the support, delivery and management of information technology services in higher education. Areas of special interest include but are not limited to: end user services (help desk, student labs, training, documentation, consulting), curricular support, audio-visual services, educational technology issues, information technology management, academic technology, and faculty support.
Conferences
ACM SIGUCCS sponsors two conferences each year:The SIGUCCS Fall Conference is held annually, typically in October or November. Professionals involved in end-user information technology support gather to discuss and learn about supporting and delivering services to the educational community. Conference proceedings are available online through the ACM Digital Library. http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?linked=1&part=series&idx=SERIES367&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=15940121&CFTOKEN=82105011
The SIGUCCS Management Symposium is held annually each spring, typically in March or April. For IT leaders and future leaders from colleges and universities, the Management Symposium provides a place to gather and address current challenges facing them and their institutions.
Information about past conferences http://www.siguccs.org/confer.htm#PastConferences and SIGUCCS-sponsored travel grants http://www.siguccs.org/awards.htm are available on the ACM SIGUCCS Website. http://www.siguccs.org/
Ongoing communication to allow networking in between conferences is available through two discussion lists. http://www.siguccs.org/lists.htm
Awards
The ACM SIGUCCS Penny Crane Award http://www.siguccs.org/awards/pc_award.htm is a high-level award to recognize significant, multiple contributions from individuals over an extended period of time. This award was named after Penny Crane, Penny was actively involved in SIGUCCS from the mid-70's until her untimely death in January 1999.The ACM SIGUCCS Hall of Fame Award http://www.siguccs.org/awards/fame.htm is an ongoing, web-based recognition of the many individuals who have contributed their time and energies to one or more things that have materially benefited SIGUCCS members in some way.
Each year SIGUCCS sponsors Communication Awards http://www.siguccs.org/competit.htm to recognize outstanding publications developed at college and university computing centers. These awards recognize excellence in developing useful and attractive publications and provide SIGUCCS conference participants with an opportunity to review model publications that may help them develop or enhance their own work.