Graphics Co-ordinator's Report
The main roles of AGOCG are training and awareness and the majority of our
activities relate
to these. Our aim is to take on activities which can be carried out most
effectively with
central co-ordination. Evaluations of software, development of training
materials, reports
on areas of technology and workshops are all typical of the kind of work
we instigate. I am
employed to co-ordinate the programme and Sue Cunningham to support the
use of multimedia.
Apart from Sue and me all other activity is carried out as a result of
commissioning small
projects, usually costing between £1000 and £7000.
We are looking to put together a
programme of activities for 1996/7 and I would like to invite you to make
suggestions as to
what needs doing or to make a proposal to do a project. Proposals may be
made to me by
email or post and should be with me for consideration at either our June
meeting (deadline
31 May) or our September meeting (deadline 23 August).
Here are some guidelines to help you
in putting together a proposal:
- AGOCG funds projects to help support people in
their use of computer graphics, visualization and multimedia, examples
include training
materials, case studies, software evaluations
- projects normally funded between £1K-£7K
- proposals should be 1-6 pages in length
- explain the need for what you are proposing to do
- explain why you are the right person/people to do it
- explain how it fits in with AGOCG and JISC
- explain what the deliverables will be and how these will be
disseminated to people and will benefit the community.
Computers in Art and Design
Education I have just been "reading" a copy of the CD-Rom proceedings of
the CADE '95
conference. This is an expanded version of the printed and WWW version of
the papers. It
includes movie interviews with keynote speakers, the proceedings
containing 74 papers as
well as reports of workshops, tutorials and the postgrads session. It
also includes a
digital version of the ArCade exhibition. Altogether a CD which hits the
visual senses! It
is available for Apple Macs. See the CADE WWW pages for details of
ordering as well as the
HTML version of the proceedings: http://cccw.adh.bton.ac.uk /CADE/
SIMA Reports
The Support
Initiative for Multimedia Applications (SIMA) continues to provide
important reports for the
community. At #50 for 2 years subscription, it is a bargain not to be
missed - contact me
for a subscription form.
Anne Mumford
a.m.mumford@lboro.ac.uk
