ACM, Uniting the World’s Computing Professionals,

Researchers, Educators, and Students

Dear Colleague,

At a time when computing is at the center of the growing demand for technology jobs worldwide, ACM is continuing its work on initiatives to help computing professionals stay competitive in the global community. ACM’s increasing involvement in activities aimed at ensuring the health of the computing discipline and profession serve to help ACM reach its full potential as a global and diverse society which continues to serve new and unique opportunities for its members.

As part of ACM’s overall mission to advance computing as a science and a profession, our invaluable member benefits are designed to help you achieve success by providing you with the resources you need to advance your career and stay at the forefront of the latest technologies.

I would also like to take this opportunity to mention ACM-W, the membership group within ACM. ACM-W’s purpose is to elevate the issue of gender diversity within the association and the broader computing community. You can join the ACM-W email distribution list at http://women.acm.org/joinlist.

ACM MEMBER BENEFITS:

• A subscription to ACM’s newly redesigned monthly magazine, Communications of the ACM

• Access to ACM’s Career & Job Center offering a host of exclusive career-enhancing benefits

• Free e-mentoring services provided by MentorNet®

• Full access to over 2,500 online courses in multiple languages, and 1,000 virtual labs

• Full access to 600 online books from Safari® Books Online, featuring leading publishers, including O’Reilly (Professional Members only)

• Full access to 500 online books from Books24x7®

• Full access to the new acmqueue website featuring blogs, online discussions and debates, plus multimedia content

• The option to subscribe to the complete ACM Digital Library

• The Guide to Computing Literature, with over one million searchable bibliographic citations

• The option to connect with the best thinkers in computing by joining 34 Special Interest Groups
or hundreds of local chapters
• ACM’s 40+ journals and magazines at special member-only rates

• TechNews, ACM’s tri-weekly email digest delivering stories on the latest IT news

• CareerNews, ACM’s bi-monthly email digest providing career-related topics

• MemberNet, ACM’s e-newsletter, covering ACM people and activities

• Email forwarding service & filtering service, providing members with a free acm.org email address and Postini spam filtering

• And much, much more

ACM’s worldwide network of over 92,000 members range from students to seasoned professionals and includes many of the leaders in the field. ACM members get access to this network and the advantages that come from their expertise to keep you at the forefront of the technology world.

Please take a moment to consider the value of an ACM membership for your career and your future in the dynamic computing profession.

Sincerely,

Wendy Hall

President

Association for Computing Machinery