University of
Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]
Association for Computing
Machinery
Association for
Computing Machinery publications
1971-1985
2 boxes (0.5
cubic feet)
Contains published
annual reports, directories, newsletters, and other miscellaneous publications
of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), its regions, and
chapters.
CBI 110
English
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
The bulk of the collection was removed from the Finerman papers which
were received from the University of Michigan in 1994.
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in
the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as
published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair
use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation:
Please cite the collection as follows: Association for Computing
Machinery Publications (CBI 110), Charles Babbage Institute, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Historical Note
"The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is one of the two
largest scientific, educational and technical society of the computing
community...Founded in 1947, the Association is dedicated to the development of
information processing as a discipline, and to the responsible use of computers
in an increasing diversity of applications."
For a fuller history see Isaac L. Auerbach, "Association of Computing
Machinery," in Encyclopedia of Computer Science and
Engineering, 3rd ed., pp. 98-99.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains published annual reports, directories,
newsletters, and other miscellaneous publications of the ACM, its regions, and
chapters.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Association
for Computing Machinery
Computer industry --
Societies, etc.
Box and Folder List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
General publications
1
1
1978 ACM election...candidates,
1978.
1
2
ACM 1982 administrative directory of college and
university computer science/data processing programs and computer facilities,
1982.
2
ACM 71: A quarter-century view,
1971.
(2 copies also cataloged in CBI library)
1
3
ACM conference brochures,
1971-1985
1
4
ACM conference calendar,
1979-1980.
2
ACM founder's dinner: Silver anniversary evening,
15 August 1972.
1
5-6
ACM lectureship program, 1973-1979,
1983-1985.
1
7
ACM membership brochures,
1975, 1980.
1
8
ACM newsletter,
1977-1982.
[Scattered issues]
1
9
ACM organization and key people,
1978, 1980, 1981, 1983-1984.
1
10
ACM publications catalog,
1981, 1985.
1
11
Annual report,
1979-1980.
1
12
Awards program brochure,
1983.
1
13
Constitution of the Association for Computing
Machinery,
1980.
1
14
Graduate assistantship directory in the computer
sciences,
1974, 1980-1981.
1
15
Professional development seminar handbook,
1980.
Regions
Regional newsletters
1
20
Allegheny,
1982-1983.
[Scattered issues]
1
20
Capitol,
1983.
[Single issue]
1
20
East Central,
1979-1983.
[Scattered issues]
1
20
Greater New York,
1979-1983.
[Scattered issues]
1
20
Mountain, 1978,
1982-1983.
[Scattered issues]
1
20
North Central,
1978, 1983.
[Two issues]
1
20
Northeast,
1979.
[Single issue]
1
20
Pacific,
1979.
[Single issue]
1
20
South Central,
1979-1984.
[Scattered issues]
1
20
Southeast,
1982-1983.
[Two issues]
1
20
Southern California,
1979.
[Single issue]
Chapters
Reference Guides
1
16
ACM chapters reference guide,
1980, 1983.
1
17
ACM student chapters reference guide,
1983.
Chapter newsletters
1
18
Metropolitan Detroit,
1979-1981.
[Scattered issues]
1
18
New York,
1980.
[Single issue]
Chapters network newsletter
1
19
Chapters network newsletter,
1983-1984.
[Scattered issues]