[SIGCIS-Members] Historical Conference Proceedings

[Eric Kaltman]

Thanks Brian! I'll head over on Monday and grab as many as I can, or see if
CS will hold them. I don't have capacity for scanning / digitization right
now but at least I can stop them from getting recycled.

On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM Brian E Carpenter <
brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:

> It isn't just proceedings. I've come across two cases recently where
> significant text was missing from IEEE Explore - once in the Annals and
> once in IEEE Network magazine. Certainly, finding full proceedings of old
> conferences is often impossible.
>
> Regards
>     Brian Carpenter
>
> On 31-May-25 08:42, Eric Kaltman via Members wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > The CS department at UAlberta is moving buildings and clearing out a lot
> of older texts. I found out rather late and am looking through their
> discards. I'm wondering if anyone can confirm / affirm that major
> conference proceedings are generally available? I'm looking at a near
> complete stack of proceedings (ACM SIGMOD, VLDB, etc.) and it appears that
> the official scans are missing front matter and such in some cases.
> >
> > Just wanted to get any thoughts on whether I should have any concern
> about the proceedings or try to keep them somewhere.
> >
> > Best,
> > Eric
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Eric Kaltman, Assistant Professor
> > Software History Futures and Technologies (SHFT) Group
> https://www.shft.group <https://www.shft.group>
> > Media and Technology Studies / History
> > University of Alberta
> >
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Dr. Eric Kaltman, Assistant Professor
Software History Futures and Technologies (SHFT) Group
https://www.shft.group
Media and Technology Studies / History
University of Alberta
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