The following post is a message from the ACM staff leadership. Dear Members of the Computing Community, We are pleased to share an important milestone for our field. Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM
ACM’s Transition to 100% Open Access Publication
Why the Change? What is Changing? All ACM Publications will go fully open access starting on January 1, 2026. All authors will retain copyright through applicable Creative Commons licensing for all papers. OA fees will be funded through: Is My
Free Workshop: Taxonomy 101: Creating useful taxonomies for your organization
ACM SIGDOC is offering free registration for this week’s online workshop to all SIGDOC members!
SIGDOC featured on The Big Rhetorical Podcast

Members of Executive Committee and Advisory Board were interviewed by Dr. Charles Woods of The Big Rhetorical (TBR) podcast. You can listen to TBR’s episode 178 on your favorite platform. We thank Dr. Woods for his generous invitation to share
Message from ACM President Yannis loannidis
We, at ACM SIGDOC, ask that you please consider sharing the below message from ACM President Yannis Ioannidis. Dear Colleague, I feel privileged to call ACM my professional home! I joined as a graduate student and since then have been
2025 Diana Award Recipients

The Executive Committee is pleased to announce two recipients from our 2025 Diana Award: TC China and the School of Software and Microelectronics at Peking University. The Diana Awards are named after Diana Patterson, past chair of SIGDOC for three
SIGDOC Rigo Award Nominations Due Feb. 15th, 2024
The SIGDOC Executive Committee is currently accepting nominations for the 2024 Rigo Award. The Rigo Award is named after Joseph Rigo, the founder of SIGDOC. The award celebrates an individual’s lifetime contribution to the fields of communication design, technical communication,
2023 Executive Committee Elections
SIGDOC is searching for volunteer-leaders to run for election in 2023.
Announcing the New CDQ Editorial Team!

On behalf of the SIGDOC Executive Committee and Advisory Board, we are excited to announce CDQ’s new editorial team: Editor in Chief: Jordan Frith, Clemson University Associate Editor: Amber Lancaster, Oregon Tech We would also like to thank Dr. Derek
CDQ Issue 10-1 is now live!
We are happy to announce the latest issue of Communication Design Quarterly (Volume 10 Issue 1) is now live! Investigating Disembodied University Crisis Communications during COVID-19 by Erika Sparby and Courtney Cox Experience Report: Streamlining Complex Website Design Using a
