2. ABOUT ACM
Founded: 1947
Type: Professional membership group
Focus: Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Informational
Technology.
Location: New York City
Area Served: Worldwide
Membership: More than 200,000 memberships as per 2013
Website: https://www.acm.org/
3. ACM:
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an
international learned society for computing. ACM, the
world’s largest educational and scientific computing
society, delivers resources that advance computing as
a science and a profession. ACM Digital Library (DL) is
the most comprehensive collection of full-text articles
and bibliographic records in existence today covering
the fields of computing and information technology.
The full-text database includes the complete
collection of ACM's publications, including journals,
conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and
multimedia titles.
4. ACM – (I)
It currently includes…
407,367 Full-text articles
2.0+ Million Pages of full-text articles
18,000+ New full-text articles added each year
44+ High Impact Journals with 2-3 new journals being launched each year
275+ Conference Proceedings Titles added each year
2,000+ Proceedings Volumes
8 Magazines
37 Technical Newsletters from ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
6,500+ Video files
594 Audio files
5. WHO IS IN ACM?
Educators
Researchers
Industry professionals
Students
6. ACM GOALS
Connect members with valuable career opportunities.
Connect academic, government and corporate employees with
qualified candidates in computing industry.
Connect with student government.
7. PURPOSE:
"The purpose of this organization would be to
the science, development, construction, and
the new machinery for computing, reasoning, and
handling of information.’’
8. WHY TO JOIN ACM?
Each other’s advice on classes.
Projects.
Employment opportunities.
Participate in social activities.
Latest research and development.
10. PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
Timely access to relevant information
Communications of the ACM, the essential source for computing
professionals
ACM Digital Library, optional subscription to full text articles from
publications
ACM Queue, for core content and quality sources for practitioners
50+ ACM journals and magazines
TechNews, tri-weekly email digest of the latest IT news
11. PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS – (I)
Resources to enhance your career
ACM Tech Packs, annotated reading lists on current topics compiled
experts exclusively for ACM
Learning Center with resources for lifelong learning
Online courses targeted toward essential IT skills and popular certifications
Online Books from Safari® Books Online, Books24x7®, Morgan Kaufmann and
Learning Paths in Ruby and Python, as well as podcasts of interviews with many of
innovators
Option to join 37 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and hundreds of local
chapters
ACM Career & Job Center for career-enhancing benefits
12. PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS – (II)
Communications tools and benefits
Email Forwarding and Filtering Service
Table-of-Contents Alerts option to receive email and RSS feeds to
issues of publications as they are posted to the DL.
Member Net, a monthly e-newsletter on people and programs
Career News, an email digest of career-related topics
ACM discounts and special offers and Member Recognition Programs
13. STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
BENEFITS:
Learning Center with resources for lifelong learning
Online courses targeted toward essential IT skills and popular certifications
Online books from Books24x7®, Safari®, Morgan Kaufmann and Syngress
Webinars on hot topics, presented by today's innovators
The option to subscribe to the full ACM Digital Library, which includes over 2
pages of text
A full year (12 issues) electronic subscription to Communications of the ACM
A full-year (4 issues) subscription to XRDS: Crossroads, ACM's Student
A full-year electronic subscription to monthly Member Net
A full-year subscription to TechNews, ACM's tri-weekly email IT news digest
A full-year subscription to Career News, ACM's twice monthly email career
14. STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
BENEFITS – (I)
A free email forwarding address with high-quality spam filtering
Free access to software and courseware through the ACM Student Academic Initiative
Discounts on subscriptions to ACM journals, magazines, books, and conferences
Networking Opportunities:
A vast network of over 100,000 highly dedicated student and professional peers
The opportunity to join one or more of ACM's Special Interest Groups in 37 specialty
areas of IT
The opportunity to join one of more than 500 ACM Student Chapters worldwide
Unique volunteering opportunities to gain hands-on experience and knowledge of the
marketplace
15. SIG BENEFITS:
Keeping you up-to-date with the latest technical developments.
Providing an opportunity to network with colleagues outside your workplace.
Delivering cutting-edge information, focused resources and unparalleled
forums for discussions.
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Identification codes
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