John Impagliazzo Qatar University Editor-in-Chief – Inroads

Background ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) SIGCSE Bulletin (1969 through 1997) SIGCSE Bulletin / inroads (1997 through 2009) Last issue of SIGCE Bulletin / inroads as we know it 2009 December Volume 41, Number 4

Problems Authors dissatisfied with ACM’s designation of inroads as a “newsletter” Lack of professional recognition Problems with tenure and promotion The quality of inroads is not a “newsletter” as one would find in local community organizations ACM publishes only Journals (Transactions) Magazines, and Newsletters (SIG) Movement to transform inroads from a newsletter to a new designation Inquiries from early 2000s to 2007 More deliberate resolve by SIGCSE Board from 2007 to 2009

New Directions ACM Establishes a New Magazine ACM Publication Board gives approval May Name – ACM Inroads Similar to CACM, Interactions, and other ACM magazines Bifurcation SIGCSE relinquishes to ACM its “ownership” of inroads SIGCSE is likely to continue the SIGCSE Bulletin As a real newsletter in 2010 – Volume 42, Number 1 Short news items – four to eight pages in length Likely distributed only online or through SIGCSE_Announce listserv First Issue of ACM Inroads 2010 March Volume 1, Number 1

Prepublication Evaluation Levels and ACM Inroads Refereed External peer review Attributes: Correct, Clear, Original, Novel, Important Not available for ACM Inroads → Referred to Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) Formally Reviewed External peer review Attributes: Correct, Clear → with elements of Originality, Novelty, and Importance Available for ACM Inroads: Invited Editorials, Standard Papers, Extended Papers Reviewed Internal peer review Attributes: Correct, Clear → with elements of Originality, Novelty, and Importance Available for ACM Inroads: Featured Columns, Bits & Bytes, Peripherals Highly Edited Internal review Attributes: Correct, Clear Available for ACM Inroads: Messages, Letters to the Editor, SIGCSE “Corner”

Look and Feel ACM Inroads Similar to current inroads Different as a magazine Let’s see what ACM Inroads might look like Cover Cover Cover Contents and Layout Contents and Layout Contents and Layout Contents and Layout Comments (pro or con) are welcome

Final Thoughts Although no longer a SIGCSE publication, the new ACM Inroads will be a SIGCSE member benefit The Education Board/Council should consider contributing quarterly to the new magazine As Editor-in-Chief, I … Thank the SIGCSE community for its readership and support Thank ACM Headquarters for its guidance Trust ACM Inroads will be a successful endeavor for all Questions ???