UniNews Online Debuts with Next Issue

UniNews turns to the Web at http://www.uniforum.org. Just click on UniNews in the Publications screen.

UniNews, which has evolved from a four-page, black-and-white association newsletter to an eight-page, two-color industry and association publication, continues its evolution. Beginning with the first of its two September issues, UniNews will go completely online, with a newly designed Web edition and an ASCII edition available via e-mail. The print version of UniNews, with a distribution that has declined to fewer than 2,500 copies since it began going to its main subscriber base by e-mail a year ago, will be discontinued.

UniNews has had a presence on UniForum's Web site for about a year; in fact, many back issues of UniNews are available now on our Web site. However, the version found there is not Web-designed, although it does allow for the use of Adobe Acrobat for viewing.

UniForum's design staff, made up of Deborah Martell, art and production manager and Leslie Zimmerman, production assistant, has been working to create a simple but pleasing new Web design just for UniNews. The goal of the UniNews team, which includes managing editor, Cedric Braun, is to present issues that are easy to read from a layout perspective, with a table of contents that puts individual articles just a click away. The publications team is supported by UniForum's IS department, including Ronald Wong, IS manager, and Ann Comey, database manager.

UniNews Online is a work-in-progress. We want to keep it fresh so you'll come back again and again to read every issue. To that end, we sincerely welcome your opinions and suggestions on how UniNews can be made even better. In addition to your design comments, tell us what you'd like to read about in UniNews. We strive to present a varied collection of features that highlight key events in the industry, happenings in and around UniForum, and an enlightening interview with an open systems industry leader. Want more of something? Less of something? Let us know via e-mail to dick@uniforum.org.