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                  SIGDOC'93
                                CALL FOR PAPERS
                  (extended deadline)
                April 13th 1993

Getting In Touch--Staying In Touch:
Moving Online and Multimedia Systems Into The Workplace

The 11th Annual International Conference

October 5 to 8, 1993 at The Valhalla Inn, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, SPECIAL INTEREST
GROUP on DOCUMENTATION -- SIGDOC

SIGDOC, with the University of Waterloo,
        and in co-operation with the STC and the IEEE


announces its   Call For Papers for SIGDOC '93

The SIGDOC'93 Conference Committee feels that multimedia tools have
made technical strides sufficient to warrant a major overview this year.
Because it includes graphics, video-imaging, sound, animation and
hyperlinks, it has important uses for our field. We are adding new
research presentations in areas of Sound & Sight, electronic networking
for writers and designers to enable the exchange of information and tools
and innovations in quality/efficiency assessment to last year's themes.

Online capabilities constitute a new development for SIGDOC. We are
attempting to use online and e-mail facilities to make the conference
procedure more efficient and informative. We'd appreciate you
using e-mail for your abstracts, registration and for electronic
contacts around the conference itself.  We hope you find the online
structure an efficient way to gain information, to send us your materials
and to maintain contact with SIGDOC.

Please remember to include a plain ascii version of your abstract and
if possible, a uuencoded/compressed postscript file.

You are invited to submit a proposal to present one of the 36
research papers of 40 minutes each which will focus on issues under
the following themes:

* Multimedia projects for on-site and remote training.

* The optimized network: patterns of materials, media and delivery
  across a variety of communications systems and links.

* Planning and design: matching document types with multimedia
  technologies.

* Tools: automated testing and information building.

* Optimization: hardware/software strategies and solutions;
  affordability issues; effective distribution designs.

* Quality, usability and testing applied to efficient design techniques.

* Getting in touch: networks, tools and techniques to support online
  help and information structures for technical writers.

* Sight and Sound: innovations in computer techniques to enhance
  design, expression and learning.

  We encourage a broad interpretation of these themes and will reply to
  queries about the appropriateness and relevance of a particular topic by
  e-mail to>   sigdoc -at- watarts -dot- uwaterloo -dot- ca


SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT OF RESEARCH FOR THE CONFERENCE

Presentation proposals must include:

* A 500- to 1000-word description of the session topic, outlining the
  thesis, main points and implications for the field. Please describe
  the methods used to develop your thesis and conclusions.

* The name, title, organization, address and telephone number of each
  participant in the presentation. Please indicate which participant is
  the principal contact.

* A brief statement of how this abstract fits one or more topics.

* Software discussed in presentations should be available for display
  at the conference.

Please send your proposal to:

SIGDOC 93
The University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, Ontario Canada, N2L 3G1

Telephone: (519) 885-1211 x6833 / Fax: (519) 725-1701
E-mail address: sigdoc -at- watarts -dot- uwaterloo -dot- ca

All proposals must be received by April 13th, 1993. You will be
notified if your proposal is accepted by May 10, 1993. All accepted
papers will be published in the conference proceedings (copyright
ACM). To be included in the proceedings, camera-ready copy must be
received by July 12th, 1993.

Address questions to:
Paul Beam, Conference Chair, (pdbeam -at- watarts -dot- uwaterloo -dot- ca)

Presentation Format

* Practical applications from the research initiatives (specific
  instructional and demonstration materials, programs and
  writing aids which apply to your presentation will enhance it in
  their minds).

* Demonstrations of the systems, tools, products and the
  programs which run the studies described in your paper.

* Presentations are to an audience of up to 120 people in a room with
  overhead/slide/computer-display capabilities. The presentations
  should occupy 30 minutes with a question-answer session and a
  brief time for room changes between sessions.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and to having you participate
in the conference.