Fwd: ACM's Classic Books in Computer Science
Klaus D. Witzel
klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Thu Jan 5 08:17:50 UTC 2006
Please help reviving classic, out-of-print computer science books related
to Smalltalk! Read the mail below from ACM's president and contribute to
the wiki (hyperlink below).
I would do as much as I can by myself but unfortunately I am currently
partly disabled (serious surgery :( So it is up to YOU the community to
contribute. Attention: there is a deadline.
Thank you very much in advance.
/Klaus
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From: classicbooks at acm.org
To: klaus.witzel at cobss.ch
Cc:
Subject: Classic books program
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:01:02 +0100
Dear Klaus D Witzel,
Thank you for your suggestions of candidates for our classic computer
science books list. We've been overwhelmed by the response and strong
opinions! We have decided to rename this program "ACM Members' Favorite
Books" since it's a better match to our process.
Now I'd like to give you the opportunity to "campaign" for your favorite
book(s). We have set up a wiki for each book where you can view the
comments submitted thus far and add your own. Specifically, we'd like to
know what your experience of the book was, how it changed your life, what
insights it contributed to your work. Using the wikis, you'll be able to
share these details with other ACM members. If you've not used a wiki
before, one of their charms is that a community can work towards agreement
on topics via many contributors and editors.
The campaign period will begin on January 4, 2006 and end on January 13,
2006, after which I will be sending out another email inviting you to
vote. You'll be able to vote for one book, 20 books, or any number in
between.
Again, the goal of this project is to identify ACM's 20 favorite computer
science books and to make the full text of each title available online to
members.
Besides having an advocate, the book must be out of print to qualify.
(Please know a book is still in print if its fourth edition is selling
despite the first edition being no longer available. About 25% of the 600
nominations are still in print, so if you don't see your favorite, take a
look at the In Print list before sending a complaint.)
Please take this opportunity to enrich your fellow ACM members' knowledge
of the great computer science books, by going to the CS Books Web site:
http://pd.acm.org/books/classics/camp.cfm and share your experiences.
Thank you!
Dave Patterson, ACM President
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