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Professional Organizations and Associations
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Description
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ACM: Association for
Computing Machinery
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Founded in 1947, ACM is the world's first educational
and scientific computing society.
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ASIS : The
American Society for Information Science
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Since 1937 ASIS has been the society for information
professionals leading the search for new and better
theories, techniques, and technologies to improve
access to information.
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Association
for Women in Computing
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The Association for Women in Computing (AWC) is a
not-for-profit, professional organization for
individuals with an interest in information technology.
AWC is dedicated to the advancement of women in the
computing fields, in business, industry, science,
education, government, and the military.
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AITP:
Association of Information Technology
Professionals
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AITP seeks to provide avenues for all their members to
be teachers as well as students and to make contacts
with other members in the IS field, all in an effort to
become more marketable in rapidly changing,
technological careers.
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AIP:
Association of Internet Professionals
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The AIP exists to unify, support and represent the
global community of Internet professionals. The
organization also serves as a forum for the ideas,
people and issues shaping the future of the Internet
industry.
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The
Association of Support Professionals
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An international organization dedicated to the
advancement of the technical support profession.
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CREN
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Providing knowledge services and Internet tools that
support research and educational networking.
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Digital
Display Working Group
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Industry working group with mission to address industry
requirements for digital connectivity. Membership
required to access information.
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ICANN
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
– Non-profit organization that is responsible for
IP address space allocation, protocol parameter
assignment, etc.
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IEEE Computer
Society
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IEEE Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the
theory, practice and application of computer and
information processing technology. Sponsors
conferences, tutorials and technical committees among
other activities.
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IETF (Internet
Engineering Task Force)
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The IETF is a large open international community of
network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers
concerned with the evolution of the Internet
architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.
It is open to any interested individual.
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Information
Technology Association of America
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Leading trade association of the technology
industry. Sponsors various services, meetings and
activities, and programs include advocacy on
legislative and regulatory issues.
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ISWorld
Net
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ISWorld Net is an organization devoted to providing
access to various information system resources.
Its target group is information system researchers and
educators working in colleges and universities.
International collaboration also.
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Privacy
Foundation
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Information about privacy in the business world and in
an on-line environment.
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SIGUCCS:
Special Interest Group on University and College
Computing Services
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SIGUCCS is an association of professionals who support
and manage the diverse aspects of information
technology services in higher education institutions.
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Software and
Information Industry Association
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Trade association for software and information
industry.
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Unicode
Consortium
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Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization
interested in standardizing international character
coding. Membership is open to anyone wishing to support
this standard.
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Women
in Technology
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Professional association whose mission is to advocate
the interests and issues of women in technology.
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Washington,
D.C. Web Women
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Professional association for women in new media "that
provides opportunities to teach, learn, network, and
serve our community." Education workshops,
monthly meetings and networking events are some of the
activities that this association holds.
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XML.org
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Resource for news, education, information about
application of XML in industrial and commercial
settings.
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