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 Media and Technology Studies / History University of Alberta
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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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@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
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
On 31-May-25 08:42, Eric Kaltman via Members wrote: 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
Media and Technology Studies / History University of Alberta
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Eric, It’s good that you’re going to stop them from being immediately recycled. About 10 years ago I decided to “go digital” with respect to the publications I had going back to 1972, and ACM took back a good number to fill out gaps in their archive — I think they’d like to hold two copies of every item. The Computer History Museum also took some, and Paul Allen’s short-lived museum took the rest (I wonder where they are now). So if you can make an inventory, then check with the appropriate publishers, you’re likely to get some uptake. I’m happy to talk off-list. Paul McJones
On May 30, 2025, at 3:01 PM, Eric Kaltman via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> wrote:
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@gmail.com <mailto:brian.e.carpenter@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/> <https://www.shft.group <https://www.shft.group/>> Media and Technology Studies / History University of Alberta
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On May 30, 2025, at 4:42 PM, Eric Kaltman via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> 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.
Hi, all. Related to this: I have come into possession of a complete (or at least nearly complete) collection of TUGBoat, the newsletter/journal of the TeX User Group, going back to the early 1980s. It’s from a friend who was very involved with the group over the years. His wish was that, if possible, they find a home at an appropriate library or other institution. So far, I have not been able to locate one. For example, The Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts (which I highly recommend!), already has access to a similar collection. Does anyone have a suggestion for an institution that might be interested in considering this collection? Thanks very much. Win Win Treese Lecturer in Computer Science Brandeis University wtreese@brandeis.edu / treese@acm.org
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