Member Benefits

There are many reasons to join ACM. When you become a member, you become a part of the dynamic changes that are transforming our world, by helping to shape the future of computing. ACM provides the tools and resources to help get you there, by advancing your career and enriching your knowledge with life-long learning resources.

ACM Professional and Student members enjoy these benefits:

Networking Opportunities:

• A vast network of nearly 100,000 highly dedicated student and professional peers
• ACM’s Career & Job Center, where you will find targeted job opportunities and more
• The opportunity to join one or more of ACM’s Special Interest Groups in 37 specialty areas of IT
• Become a member of computing community through one of hundreds of Professional and Student Chapters worldwide
• Unique volunteering opportunities to gain hands-on experience and knowledge of the marketplace

Benefits	Professional Members	Student Members
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 Safari®, Morgan Kaufmann and Syngress; videos and webinars on hot topics, presented by today’s innovators, as well as Tech Packs
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 pricingon 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
Free access to software and courseware through the ACM Student Academic Initiative
Technical Interest Profile Alerts
Participation in ACM Distinguished Speakers Program (DSP)
Voting for ACM Officers

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