Each year, a committee of UC information technology professionals select up to five projects developed by faculty and staff in any department at UC's ten campuses and five medical centers, the UC Office of the President (UCOP), and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to receive the Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation in Information Technology. Winning projects are announced at the annual UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC). This year, the UC Berkeley Calendar Network Application has been honored to receive the Larry L. Sautter Golden Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Information Technology.
The calendar network has received other awards including, earlier this spring, a gold medal from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in the website category, and during the design phase, the IDEAlliance XML 2004 Conference Best Speaker Award, and the Dr. James R. Chen Award for Master's Final Project, School of Information, UC Berkeley.
These awards are a formal affirmation of the success the calendar network enjoys on campus and in the community. As of July 2008, 51 colleges, departments, and units had joined the network, and additional units continue to come on board. Web server statistics show that in April 2007, there were 26,775 unique visitors who viewed 262,568 pages. Statistics for a year later (April 2008) showed constant growth in traffic with 45,569 visitors viewing 566,743 pages. During the academic year, the network typically includes 750 to 1,000 upcoming events.
Watch for an iNews article detailing the growth of the calendar network coming this fall.
Related articles
See the following iNews articles for more information about the calendar network.
- Growing a calendar network, Fall 2007.
- UC Berkeley Calendar Network rollout coming soon, August 31, 2006.
- UC Berkeley Calendar Network: A campuswide event calendar project, February 14, 2005.