PUBLICATIONS BOARDREPORT

Joe Konstan

SGB Publications Advisor

MUCH TO DISCUSS

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perational Issues

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012 Computing Classification System

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ocial Computing Journal

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CM Press Books Proposal

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ingle-Column Proceedings Format

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olicy Proposals, Changes, and Discussions• Prior Publication Policy Discussion• Copyright• Expanded Access

OPERATIONAL ISSUES

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ngoing review of journals, magazines, etc.

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anagement of editorial searches• Thanks for input and participation

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number of searches in progress

2012 CCS

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012 ACM CCS is complete!• Mapping old categories to new in DL accomplished

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utotagging old works (non-indexed) in 2013

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uthor profile tag cloud cut-over – still in progress

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013 rollout for authors

SOCIAL COMPUTING JOURNAL

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SF and CCC have co-funded, with ACM support, a workshop on

Social Computing more generally, with one planned outcome to

be a proposal for an ACM-wide, cross-specialty journal or

transactions in social computing

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epresentation from many SIGs

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orkshop will be in September 2013

ACM PRESS BOOKS

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ackground: open niches for reviving ACM Press with tie-

ins to digital library and electronic distribution

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tatus: proposals from three publishers, two considered

strong; next steps by HQ

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tarting program in 2013

SINGLE-COLUMN

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ubs is hiring a designer to design a visually distinctive single-column

format for proceedings papers (Word and LaTeX templates).

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will be seeking volunteers from SIGs to provide feedback; this will be

an iterative process.

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eferring decision on whether we really need two new one-column

templates (to distinguish posters, abstracts from papers) until we have

one – and have further input on need.

PRIOR PUBLICATION

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uestion: Given the advent of no-page-limit conference proceedings,

and the norms of some fields, does it still make sense to require a

journal paper to have a significant amount of new content?• Is the conference paper already archival? • Is the value-add of the journal paper the more detailed reviewing?

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ontext: Policy on Publication of Proceedings as Journals

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n the agenda next week. Discuss.

COPYRIGHT

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ubs Board has already approved replacing copyright transfer.

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icense will include all existing author rights

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ew rights related to:• Bundling paper with open-source software distributions• Control of permissions of software and algorithms

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uthor grants ACM:• Exclusive publication rights in aggregations or collections (*)• Authority to act on author’s behalf to defend copyright.

PRE/POST-CONFERENCE

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IGs now have the option to make DL proceedings open for up to one

month prior to/during/after conference.• Up to two weeks in advance with notice to authors in CFP• During the conference (which may help for conferences that do not have

print proceedings)• As long as a total of one month

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ccess through normal DL channels (free to all)

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ote: Already able to provide permanent DL access to registered

attendees, given their ACM IDs

AUTHOR PAYS OA

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uthor can choose to pay a cost per article (member discount, cost

different for proceedings/journal) to make it permanently OA under

CC3.0.

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CM working on pricing and revenue management model to:• Transparently avoid double-dipping• Ensure that the DL is fully sustainable at any adoption level

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ubs Board explicitly rejected “conference-pays” option

SMALL ITEMS

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echnical support for “off-campus” access by individuals

with institutional access

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ublicizing open research access to metadata and full-text

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etter communication of ACM’s Fair Access Policies

ONE MORE THING …

SIG ACCESS EXPERIMENT

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hree Year Experiment

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IG Option (may be delegated to conference)

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ost current proceedings of a conference series available for open access

through Author-Izer links at one designated site: SIG site or Conference

site. Next proceedings replaces prior; one-offs can be open 12 months.

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ots of tracking and analysis

DISCUSS