SIGCAT '96 Award Nominations

SIGCAT is soliciting nominations for the Second Annual Significant Achievement and Recognition Awards (SARA), which will be announced at the SIGCAT '96 conference in May. The awards are designed to give recognition to individuals and organizations in both the public and private sectors that have developed useful and innovative CD-ROM products or contributed to the development of CD-ROM technology. The deadline for nominations is April 20, 1996.

Federal Government

• Individuals or agencies within the Federal Government who have produced CD-ROM or CD-interactive (CD-i) titles for use within the government.
• The federal Government agency or sector that has made the most pervasive agency-wide use of CD-ROM.

CD-ROM or CD-i titles in:

• Business
• Education
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Science
  • Skills Improvement
  • Reading
  • Early Learning, K-12, etc
• Home (examples:)
  • Edutainment
  • Tax Preparation
• Reference, Interactive Training and Performance
• Entertainment
  • (including audios CD's that provide additional multimedia elements for CD-ROM viewing)
• Software Applications
  • (how distribution on CD-ROM can enhance application, for example, by providing on-line documentation and other reference materials)

Technology

• CD-ROM Manufacturing
  • Mastering
  • Replication
  • Quality Control
  • Printing
• CD-ROM Desktop
  • CDR
    • Drives
    • Software
    • Media
    • Accessories
  • Mass Market Drives
• CD-ROM Storage Management
  • Jukebox
  • Tower
  • Changers
  • Software
• CD-ROM Networking
  • Hardware
  • Software
• Digital Video Technology

Federal Government Awards	CD-i Titles:		Private Sector Technology
and CD-ROM Titles:					and Continuous Achievement Awards
Gabe Ofiesh, SARA '96		Paul Holmes		Owen Mitz
4031 27th Road North					Somerset Systems, Inc
Arlington, VA 22207
Voice/FAX: 703-243-4271		FAX:216-349-3311	301-657-3393(V) -9746(FAX)

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