launch a new Communications’ Web site,
which will go live this month. The new
site will complement the magazine by
providing an easy access point to all the
content found in the magazine’s print
pages, but perhaps more importantly the
site will extend beyond Communications’
current reach and help bring us closer to
fulfilling the flagship’s original promise
as the primary “communication” tool in
the field of computing.
Let me say a few words about the
new site. Many in the community are
now used to downloading Communica-
tions’ articles from the ACM Digital Li-
brary, reading the print publication on
the train or plane, or scanning through
the pages of the Digital Edition on your
desktop or mobile device (as an aside,
the iPhone version is worth trying). For
those of you who have your preferred
way of digesting and archiving the ar-
ticles published each month, nothing
should change and we will do our best
to continue to improve the experience
for you. The new site, however, offers
you for the first time a robust gateway or
digital storefront from which to not only
read and download articles, but to com-
ment, share, and interact with the com-
puting community in a meaningful way
and in real time without the limitations
of page budgets and print schedules.
The new site will be content- and
feature-rich with an emphasis on high-
quality editorial. Everything found in
the print publication will be available
via the Web site, but the site will also
contain additional news content up-
dated more frequently than is possible in print. A variety of user-generated content, such as the new Expert Blog aptly named the Blog@CACM, will be contributed to by a growing list of distinguished practitioners and researchers. Periodically, the best of those entries and comments will make their way into the print magazine and the result will be a cross-fertilization of content between the print and online Communications. So, for those of you who still prefer to see your name appear in print there is another incentive to go online. The new site will also serve as a gateway to some of the most interesting and relevant existing blogs (see Blog Roll) in the computing community and provide links to related content, books, courses, conferences, SIGs, and other resources. The site will also be heavily integrated with the ACM Digital Library, so as to provide a single entry point for searching both Communications articles and other articles published by ACM.
It is important to say that the site will not be all things to all people. That is not the intention. But, if you are a regular reader of Communications and you are looking for a way to find more high-quality information on advanced computing topics (for practitioners and researchers), we believe this new site will be a great place to start and over time will find its way into your favorites folder and become a highly respected and valuable resource. At least, that is our ultimate goal.
Scott E. Delman, gROUP PUblISHER
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