ACM

John R. WhiteCEO

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Outline

ACM TodayACM TransitionACM Initiatives and PrioritiesDigital LibraryIndustrial Relations

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ACM Today

Membership 80,000 members

worldwide (30% outside U.S.)

60,000 professionals 20,000 students

680 chapters worldwide 540 student chapters 50 professional

chapters 90 SIG chapters

Publications 25 journals and

magazines 80 conference

proceedings Book series -- ACM

Press Ubiquity -- a new

electronic publication and forum addressing the profession of IT

Digital Library

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ACM Today

Technical Activities Thirty-six Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 80+ sponsored conferences and symposia Reaching into new areas --

E-Commerce

Continue active in established areas, for example ...

Graphics Software Engineering

Programming Languages SystemsSoftware Engineering Theory

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ACM Today

Education Continue collaboration with IEEE-CS and IFIP TC-3

Curriculum Accreditation

Increasingly active in elementary (K-12) issuesImproving teacher training for teaching ITImproving education programs for ITImproving the use of IT in educationJohn Glenn Commission

Preparing to deliver the International Computing Drivers License (ICDL) in the U.S.

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Transition(s)

ACM is in transition As a society As a business As a worldwide presence

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Transitions - as a society

a membership organization

a print-based published of journals and magazines

an organization that measures success in terms of membership levels and subscription levels

an electronic community not just ACM members IT professionals world-wide

an electronic publisher

an organization that measures success in terms of web-hits, digital library searches, and downloads from a world-wide-web community

From: To:

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Transitions - as a business

selling products

charging for paper content

selling to members

selling an experience finding what you need using information differently

charging for electronic services

selling to everyone

From: To:

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Transitions - in the world

U.S. centric

sub-member of IFIP

New York centric operation

competing for members with national societies

global

full international, member of IFIP

CEO that lives and works in Europe

providing value to members of all societies world-wide

From: To:

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Transition - implications

The future of ACM is as an electronic community

What we “sell” is the value of being a part of the ACM electronic community

The ACM electronic community is world-wide

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ACM - Current Initiatives

Electronic products and services Digital Library Digital Video Library Worldwide accessibility and performance

Education New focus on elementary (K-12) arena

Information Technology Profession

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Information Technology Profession - Initiative

Motivation The world is utterly dependent on the PEOPLE who

design, build, manage, operate, teach, and repair information technology.

Question/concern:Who are these people?Are they receiving a proper education?Are they keeping up to date?Who certifies them?Are there enough of them?Are they trustworthy?

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Information Technology Profession - Initiative

Goals: Nurture the worldwide development of the Information

Technology profession To establish the structures and environment that will

enable the profession to flourish, including providing it with:

- a coherent identity - a substantial intellectual core - and recognized standards of practice

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Information Technology Profession - Initiative

Activities: Formulating what it means to be an IT professional Ensuring professional education meets the needs of IT professionals

and those who employ them. Addressing professional issues such as standards of practice,

certification, risks to the public, and the ethical responsibilities of practitioners.

Creating model projects within universities, pre-college schools, and nonacademic training programs that will test the effectiveness of different approaches to professional IT education.

Enlisting professional societies in allied disciplines and in other countries to develop coordinated stances on critical issues in curricular reform, workforce development, research partnerships between academia and industry, professional certification, and lifelong learning.

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Information Technology Profession - Initiative

Current State Leader: Peter Denning Steering Committee being formed Specific projects being formulated Working to build a coalition of corporations and societies

worldwide

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Outline

ACM TodayACM TransitionACM Initiatives and PrioritiesDigital LibraryIndustrial Relations

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Digital Library

HistoryDigital Library TodayFuture Plans

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Digital Library - History

1990 - Electronic publishing initiative Electronic production and distribution vision

1996 - plans for a Digital Library announced to members

1997 - Digital Library launched Full text for all journals, magazines, and proceedings: 1991 -

1997 Citations for all journals, magazines, and proceedings: 1985 -

1991 150,000 pages “Open House” until December 31, 1997 January 1, 1998 began selling subscriptions to ACM members and

institutions

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Digital Library - Today

Subscriptions 35,000 individual

19,000 professionals 16,000 students

350 institutional institutional

subscriptions consortia corporate site licenses

Content All journals: 1985-

2000 All proceedings: 1985-

2000

Size 700 proceedings 22 journals (15 years) 50,000 entries 370,000 pages 10,000 critical reviews

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Digital Library - Features

Organization Meta-data in HTML

Citation Abstract Index terms Critical reviews

Full Text in PDF

Meta-data freely accessible Four third-party journals included

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Digital Library - Features

Worldwide delivery via Digital Island Digital Island: content delivery solutions company

Data centers interconnected via an ATM backbone Local content (caching) centers Private network with direct reach in 25 countries

Objective: ensure high-performance access worldwide

Digital Library available to members of other societies Agreements in place with 10 societies Moving to include content from these societies where

appropriate

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The Digital Library Today

Monthly activity 1Million hits 80,000 searches 100,000 downloads

64,000 proceedings36,000 journals and

magazines 200 GB of traffic

Digital Island All non-North American

traffic moving over DI network

Past 30 days (MB): North America: 12,940 Asia/Australia: 38,141 Europe: 49,250 Latin America: 3,344 Africa: 295 TOTAL 103,970

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Digital Library - Future Plans

Complete the capture of all ACM content All journals, proceedings, SIG Newsletters from 1947

forward

Include the ACM Guide to Computing Literature 350,000 citations

Services Technical interest profiling and early alert service Virtual Binders for organizing digital library content Electronic forums

Reference linking using DOI and CrossRef facility More third-party content

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Industrial Relations

A viable relationship with industry is critical Partners - in shaping the leading edge of information

technology Customers - of what we produce Resource - for special projects and programs

A viable relationship with industry is a challenge Industry expects relevance Industry expects a tangible return one their investment

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ACM Experience

Engage industry in ACM leadership President Members of ACM Council

Partner on critical projects ACM1 Education Certification Supporting the IT profession

Industrial Advisory Board