Populating the Computing Portal
Richard Snodgrass
October 1, 1999
The Vision
The ACM Computing Portal
A web-based repository of bibliographic information
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contains information on all papers and books in the computing literature
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contains a pointer to the digitized version, if available
SGB Portal Committee
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Rick Snodgrass (University of Arizona, CS), chair
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Steve Cunningham (Cal State University-Stanislaus, CS)
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Carol Hutchins (Courant Institute of Math. Sci. Library)
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Bob Krovetz (NEC Research Institute)
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Michael Ley (University of Trier, CS)
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Andreas Paepcke (Stanford University)
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Kathy Preas (KP Pubs on CDROM)
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Bernie Rous (ACM Publications)
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Charles Viles (Univ. of North Carolina, Info and Lib Sci)
Overview
Commitments
Populating the ACM DL
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Journals
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Magazines
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Conference Proceedings
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SIG Newsletters
Future Portal Needs
Computing Portal Management Board
ACM HQ Commitments
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Donate entries from ACM Guide to Computing Literature.
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Negotiate cross-use agreements with associated societies.
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Acquire full text of books copyrighted by ACM.
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Fund acquisition of ACM journals.
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Help fund hardware and software to host the Portal.
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Help fund staff to manage Portal.
Individual SIG Commitments
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Propose that each SIG be responsible for ensuring correctness of SIG-relevant bibliographic entries, abstracts, and keywords.
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Negotiate with steering committees of associated conferences and workshops.
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Allocate funds to populate the ACM DL: conference and workshop proceedings, SIG newsletters.
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Roughly $400K total, or $5K-20K per SIG
SGB Opportunity Fund
Use opportunity fund to subsidize content development in areas associated with low-fund SIGs.
Use opportunity fund to subsidize infrastructure.
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software acquisition and development/customization
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hardware
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support staff
SIGDA matching funds: $50K
Populating the ACM DL: Journals
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Total: $130K
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To be paid by ACM General Fund.
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Access by journal e-subscription or DL subscription or institutional subscription.
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Use in SIG-specific CDRoms on a case-by-case basis.
Populating the ACM DL:Magazines
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All the following were started after 1990.
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Crossroads: The International ACM Student Magazine
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Intelligence: New Visions of AI in Practice
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Interactions: New Visions of Human-Computer Interaction
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netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing
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StandardView
Populating the ACM DL: Conference Proceedings
See handout for details on 1985-1990
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SGB, SIGARCH, SIGPLAN: $6K
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SIGACT, SIGGRAPH, SIGMOD, SIGSIM: $5K
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SIGCHI, SIGSOFT: $4K
1940-1984: approximately 200K pages
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need to collect information to decide on allocation
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SIGs should pay for this
Access to all proceedings decided by relevant SIG(s): subscribers, SIG members, world readable
Populating the ACM DL: SIG Newsletters
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Initial Estimate: 120K pages
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Will come back to the SIGs with more reliable figures.
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SIGs should pay all costs of digitization.
Summary
For journals 1940-1990: $128K
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paid by ACM General Fund
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material available to subscribers
For conferences 1985-1990: $82K
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paid by individual SIGs total: $71K
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paid by SGB: $11K
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access decided by relevant SIG(s)
Time Scale: funding allotted and scanning started by December, 1999
Future Needs
For conferences pre-1985: roughly $200K
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to be paid by SIGs (access determined by SIGs)
For SIG newsletters: roughly $120K
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to be paid by SIGs (access determined by SIGs)
Software
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to be paid by SGB, in a future proposal
Portal maintenance
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Maintenance of the database
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Support hardware and software infrastructure
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Future new search and presentation facilities
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to be cost-shared between SGB and General Fund
Motions
- The SGB recommends that each financially viable SIG (with a fund balance over the required balance) cover, out of its fund balance, the cost (see backup 5.0 for estimate) of producing PDF versions of the 1985-1990 conference proceedings relevant to its domain, with the resulting material added to the Digital Library.
- SGB funds cover the cost (up to $15K) of producing PDF versions of 1985-1990 conference proceedings relevant to the domain of defunct and financially non-viable SIGs, with the resulting material added to the Digital Library.
Management
SGB Portal Committee
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continue with broad strategic and tactical decisions
Propose a new Portal Management Board
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Each SIG would have a member
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Communicate via email
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Tasks
Ensure that the ACM DL was fully populated
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e.g., allocate publications to SIGs, locate proceedings
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Define the scope of the Portal
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Identify existing SIG-specific resources
Portal Management Board
Populating the Board
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Initially, the Chair of each SIG would be a member, until and unless the Chair appointed someone else.
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Possible titles for this person:
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SIGX Portal Chair
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SIGX Portal Editor
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SIGX Portal Management Board Representative
Board would choose its chair, who would also become a member of the SGB Portal Committee.
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Rick Snodgrass would serve as interim chair.
Motion
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The SGB creates a Portal Management Board according to the proposal in Backup 5.0.
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