"SIGUCCS has been an invaluable source of knowledge, advice, motivation and friendship. I can't imagine my life without SIGUCCS; it has been the most important influence in my professional career."

- John Bucher, Former SIGUCCS Board member and chair, Penny Crane Award Recipient 2002

"I've made my most valuable professional connections through SIGUCCS, and some of my dearest friends are among my SIGUCCS colleagues."

- Linda J. Hutchison, Hall of Fame Inductee, 2003

SIGUCCS Resources

SIGUCCS Online community: Join the SIGUCCS Online Community to participate in forum discussions, start a blog, keep in touch with SIGUCCS members, keep posted on upcoming events and share information.

ACM Digital Library: SIGUCCS members have access to all papers published and presented during the Service and Support Conference portion of the annual conference through the ACM Digital Library, as well as to all papers presented at past Fall Conferences or User Service Conferences.

SIGUCCS Discussion Lists: SIGUCCS provides two e-mail discussion lists for ongoing communication and collaboration between people who are intereste discussion listsd in discussing user services issues. You'll find that many schools have the same challenges and are willing to share best practices and ideas to help point you in the right direction.

SIGUCCS Webinars: Webinars are a great way to stay connected between conferences and experience some of the professional development opportunities that are provided through the SIGUCCS conferences. Our webinars are offered quarterly at no charge. Use this as an opportunity to participate as a team or individually.

Professional Organizations

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources. SIGUCCS SIGUCCS is one of 34 special interest groups of ACM. Professional Membership Benefits include full access to online books from Safari Books Online and Books 24x7, access to the Career & Job Center, powered by JobTarget and more.
http://www.acm.org/

EDUCAUSE - A nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
http://www.educause.edu/

ResNet - ResNet is a national organization dedicated to the advancement and research of residential networking technologies and living-learning environments within academic institutions.
http://resnetsymposium.org

Policies

The following policies have been adopted by the SIGUCCS Executive Committee:

• Awards Policy
• Complimentary Conference Registration
• Vendor Policy