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SIGUCCS User Services Conference XVIII
Call For Participation
New Centerings in Computing Services
September 30 through October 3, 1990
Westin Hotel
Cincinnati, Ohio
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<Attention Directors, Managers, Analysts, Consultants, Programmers,
<Technical Writers, Trainers, and Librarians!
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<The higher education computing scene in the 1990s will present exciting
<challenges. To accommodate users' needs, computing service organizations
<are now visibly transforming in function and structure. The widespread
<adoption of personal computing by all disciplines, the increasing demand
<for desktop access to shared resources, the growth in demand for
<supercomputing capabilities, and the proliferation of powerful desktop
<workstations exert irresistible forces on central computing services.
<In response, the central site grows exponentially in staff and machinery
<at one academic institution; at another, the computing center is disbanded
<to provide distributed computing! At some sites increasing specialization
<is urged; at others, generalization is required. Regardless of the
<transforming strategy adopted by an individual institution, one fact
<seems clear: the user is the center toward which all computing services
<are directed.
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<SIGUCCS '90 invites you to participate in the examination and discussion
<of the myriad challenges facing user services professionals as we enter a
<new decade and of the new centerings computing service organizations are
<discovering to meet them. Please join us!
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<You can Participate
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< Presentations
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< Papers
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< Panel Discussions
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< Quick Workshops
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< Educational Materials Competition
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< Newsletter Competition
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< Technical Writing Competition
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< Documentation Display
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<Important Dates
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< March 1, 1990 Presentation proposals due
< April 1, 1990 Notification of proposal acceptance
< May 1, 1990 Final Papers due
< June 1, 1990 Newsletter entries due
< June 1, 1990 Technical writing entries due
< June 15, 1990 Notification of paper/panel acceptance
< September 1, 1990 Deadline for materials for
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<Presentation Topic Areas
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<Information Exchange Technology
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<Information exchange may well be the most important computing
<activity of the 1990s. The infrastructure for information delivery, the
<National Research and Academic Network (NREN), is presently being developed.
<How do we meet the challenges of a world where the
<facilitation of information delivery may be a principal user services
<responsibility? Topics of particular interest include:
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< new approaches to information exchange
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< campus activity in implementing information exchange
< facilities that comply with emerging international standards
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< research and development of computer-mediated information
< exchange methods
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<Distributed Services
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<As the role of user services shifts to providing distributed support,
<we must create new ways of providing traditional services as well as
<designing new services. Topics of particular interest include:
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< providing support staff in departments and colleges
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< funding issues
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< if and how to charge back for services
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< human networking of distributed support staff
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< nonlabor-intensive support strategies
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< cooperative efforts with other departments
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<Management Strategies
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<How do user services managers cooperate with other administrative and
<academic units that use or provide computing resources? How do they
<meet the many and diverse demands? Topics of particular interest include:
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< reorganization
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< interaction with faculty advisory groups
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< delegating and distributing responsibility
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< coordinating university computing resources
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< staff professional development
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<Marketing your Services
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<Changing roles may require changing your services and, often, your image on
<campus as you provide new services to new users. Topics of particular in-
<terest include:
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< promotional strategies
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< conducting market research
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< designing services for unique or special audiences
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<Strategies for Small Schools
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<How can a small liberal arts college have distributed user services and
<centralized user services? How do distributed and centralized services work
<together to provide computing services beyond word processing? The
<sciences have become computer literate; now, how do we reach out from the
<center to the humanities and fine arts? Are we getting out of the
<office and into the trenches? Are we making too many "house calls"?
<Should we make them at all?
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<Security and Ethics
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<As electronic mail and conferencing become more popular, computing
<systems are widely accessible to more users. How secure should academic
<computing resources be? What are the ethical guidelines provided for users
<of electronic mail and conferencing systems? Topics of particular interest
<include:
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< promoting responsible and ethical use of computing resources
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< security strategies
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< adopting an ethics policy
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<Serving New Audiences
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<People from the humanities, the arts, and other traditionally nontechnical
<disciplines are discovering that computers can help in areas other than
<word processing. In an increasingly proactive stance in the central
<computing facility, what do we do to attract and support these new audi-
<ences? Topics of interest include:
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< providing information about off-the-shelf specialized
< programs for music, fine arts, and the humanities
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< facilitating technical support of nontraditional areas
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< serving the computing beginner who wants to do
< sophisticated tasks
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<Consulting, Training, and Documentation
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<Supporting those who use the computing resources that we provide re-
<mains an important responsibility of user services organizations. Topics
<of particular interest include:
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< new approaches to training
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< providing distributed consulting
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< documentation distribution services
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<and/or other topics that would be of interest to your national
<and international colleagues
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<Submitting Proposals
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<Submit proposals via electronic mail to:
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< SIGPAPER@OHSTVMA.BITNET or
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< SIGPAPER@OHSTVMA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU
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<If you do not have access to electronic mail, send a printed copy to:
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< Susan Jenkins Saari
< Instruction and Research
< Computer Center
< The Ohio State University
< 1971 Neil Avenue
< Columbus, OH 43210
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< phone: (614) 292-4843
< fax: (614) 292-7081
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<Accepted Proposals
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<Proposals must be received by March 1, 1990. Any submisson received
<after this date will not be considered by the Program Committee. You will
<be notified of the Program CommitteeUs decision by April 1, 1990. If your
<proposal is accepted, you will be asked to submit a full paper by May 1,
<1990. Any papers received after this date will not be considered. You will
<be notified of the Program CommitteeUs decision by June 15, 1990.
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<If your presentation is accepted, SIGUCCS is depending on you. If you are
<ker to make your presentation (not a substitute presentation).
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<How to Participate
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<Proposals
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<For each proposal, include your name, title, affiliation, mailing ad-
<type of proposal (presentation or panel discussion) and its topic area.
<In addition, you must enclose the proper materials from the following
<requirements list:
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<Description
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<Papers Papers will be presented in 20-minute ntervals, with
< three papers scheduled per 90-minute session. Speakers'
< papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
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<Panels Panels will be in-depth treatments of a single topic by
< two to four speakers from at least two different schools,
< coordinated by a moderator. Allow ample time for audience
< discussion. Abstracts for panels should be submitted
< as a unit by the person who wishes to act as a moderator.
< Panelists' papers will be published in the conference
< proceedings.
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<Quick Workshops Quick workshops provide 90-minute overviews of new techn
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< gies, innovative applications, and creative strategies
< for addressing the needs of computer users on campus.
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<Requirements
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<Papers A 250- to 300-word abstract of the paper. Acceptance of
< a proposal does not automatically ensure acceptance
< of a paper for presentation; you must submit a full
< paper to be considered for the conference program.
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<Panels A 250- to 300-word description of the panel, including
< each panelist's name, title, affiliation, and presentation
< topic. Acceptance of a panel description does not
< automatically ensure acceptance of the panel for
< presentation; each panelist must submit a full paper
< to be considered for the conference program.
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<Quick Workshops A one- to two-page outline of the presentation and a
< 10-minute videotape excerpt from the proposed presentation.
< Acceptance of a proposal does not automatically ensure
< acceptance of a workshop for presentation; you must
< submit a full paper to be considered for the conference
< program. Only three or four presentations will be a
< ccepted in this category because it is highly competiive.
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<Other Ways to Participate
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<Education and Training Materials Competition
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<Interest in and the importance of user education and training have grown
<with each SIGUCCS conference. The 1990 SIGUCCS Conference offers,
<for the first time, competition for user education and training materials for
<colleges and universities.* We invite you to submit no more than two
<entries in any or all of the following categories: curriculum catalog, class-
<room printed materials, or self-contained printed tutorials. Although the
<first year of this competition includes only printed materials, we would like
<to know if there is an interest in expanding our future competitions to
<include video, audio, and computer-based tutorials. Deadline for entry is
<June 1, 1990. For more details and an entry form, or to address the issue
<of future competition categories, contact:
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< Diane Jung-Gribble
< Indiana University
< 750 North State Road 46 Bypass
< Bloomington, IN 47405
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< (812) 855-0962
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< JUNG@IUBACS.BITNET
< JUNG@JADE.BACS.INDIANA.EDU
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<*NOTE: this competition is not open to commercial materials
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<Newsletter Competition
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<Winning an award in the SIGUCCS Newsletter Competition is a mark of
<distinction for your institution, and for your editors, writers,artists,and
<designers. You will be asked to submit two consecutive issues published
<between June 1989 and May 1990. Deadline for entry is June 1, 1990.
<For more details and an entry form, contact:
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< Jess Anderson
< Madison Academic Computing Center
< University of Wisconsin-Madison
< 1210 West Dayton Street
< Madison, WI 53706
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< (608) 263-6988
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< ANDERSON@MACC.WISC.EDU
< ANDERSON@WISCMACC.BITNET
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<Technical Writing Competition
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<If you have written or published a particularly good article in a computing
<newsletter, enter it in the Technical Writing Competition. Each computing
<center may enter one article. Deadline for entry is June 1,1990. To obtain
<entry forms and more details, contact:
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< Donald J. Montabana
< University of Pennsylvania
< Computing Resources Center
< 1202 Blockley Hall
< Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
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< (215) 898-9085
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< MONTABANA@A1.RELAY.UPENN.EDU
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<Documentation Display
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<The documentation room will feature an online system for submitted
<documentation. Conference attendees who have BITNET or INTERNET
<access will be able to email documentation to their university or college.
<Documentation may be submitted electronically to DOCUMENT@MIAMIU,
<by hardcopy, or diskette (IBM or Mac formatted) and must be received
<before September 1, 1990. Direct inquries to:
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< Al Kaled
< Academic Computing Services
< Miami University
< Oxford, OH 45056
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< (513) 529-6226
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< AK75STAF@MIAMIU
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<More Information
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<General Information
<Amin Shafie, Conference Chair
<University of Cincinnati
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< e-mail: SHAFIE@UCBEH.BITNET
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< phone: (513) 556-9001
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< fax: (513) 556-0035
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<Call for Participation
<Susan Jenkins Saari, Program Chair
<The Ohio State University
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< e-mail: SIGPAPER@OHSTVMA.BITNET
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< phone: (614) 292-4843
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< fax: (614) 292-7081
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<Registration
<Ken Maccarone, Registration Chair
<University of Cincinnati
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< e-mail: MACCARON@UCBEH.BITNET
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< phone: (513) 556-9098
< fax: (513) 556-0035
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<ACM SIGUCCS
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<The Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest Group
<for University and College Computing (SIGUCCS) is one of ACM's
<organizational units devoted to the technical activities of its members.
<SIGUCCS provides a link for guidance and the interchange of ideas among
<computing professionals in the full range of small to large institutions.
<Its newsletter, annual conferences, and workshops promote the discussion
<of mutual problems. networks, user services, and computer center management.
<This SIGUCCS conference emphasizes practical ways to improve services for
<those who use university and college computing centers.
Amin Shafie
Assistant Director
Academic Computing Services UCBEH::SHAFIE
University of Cincinnati SHAFIE@UCBEH.SAN.UC.EDU
ML 088 SHAFIE@UCBEH.BITNET
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
(513) 556-9022