Joining the YCACM Chapter as a member is different than joining the ACM itself. For a fee (greatly reduced for current students), you can also join the ACM as a member thereby gaining access to the benefits listed below. We encourage you to learn more about the ACM and consider becoming a member!
ACM brings together computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources, and address the field’s challenges. As the world’s largest computing society, ACM strengthens the profession’s collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life‐long learning, career development, and professional networking.
– from the ACM website
| Member Benefits | Professional | Student |
|---|---|---|
| Learning Center with resources for lifelong learning, including online courses targeted toward essential IT skills and popular certifications; online books & videos from Skillsoft®, online books from O’Reilly®, Morgan Kaufmann and Syngress; videos and webinars on hot topics, presented by today’s innovators |  | |
| The option to subscribe to the full ACM Digital Library, which includes over 2 million pages of text | | |
| Ability to search DL, access bibliographic citations, view article abstracts | | |
| A full year (12 issues) print subscription to Communications of the ACM | | |
| A full year (12 issues) online subscription to Communications of the ACM | | |
| A full-year (4 issues) subscription to XRDS: Crossroads, ACM’s Student Magazine | | |
| A full-year electronic subscription to monthly MemberNet newsletter | | |
| Student Quick Takes (ACM’s quarterly newsletters) | | |
| TechNews (ACM’s tri-weekly email IT news digest); | | |
| CareerNews, ACM’s twice monthly email career news digest | | |
| Relaunched acmqueue, with iPhone and Android apps, featuring high-quality, trusted, relevant material for practitioners | | |
| Ubiquity, ACM’s IT opinion magazine and forum, and eLearn, ACM’s magazine dedicated to distance education | | |
| Discounts on subscriptions to ACM journals, magazines, books, and conferences. Exclusive subscription pricing on ACM Books series. | | |
| A free email forwarding address with high-quality spam filtering | | |
| Special discounts and access to valuable products and services through the ACM’s Insurance and Discounts and Special Offers programs | | |
| Participation in ACM Distinguished Speakers Program (DSP) | | |
| Voting for ACM Officers | |