Document URL: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/infodir.html
ACM SIGCHI Information Director Job Description
The ACM SIGCHI Information Director manages the
information at the SIGCHI Web site.
The position is currently open.
If you feel that you are qualified for the position
(see below)
and are enthusiastic about providing a service
to thousands of SIGCHI members and visitors to the SIGCHI site,
please send email to the interim Information Director
infodir_sigchi@acm.org
Table of Contents
- General Responsibilities (per ACM)
-
Each ACM forum and information service is managed by an appropriate
Information Director.
Maintaining accurate data in a forum or information
base is the responsibility of the Information Director.
An Information Director is also responsible for collaborating with the
ACM-NS (Network Service) Information Project leaders,
and other Information Directors, to develop new and
appropriate forums and information services.
In addition, an Information Director may act as a liaison between
his/her constituency and the ACM-NS.
(ACM-NS Information Project Leaders should now be the
ECCC (Electronic Community Coordinating Committee)
Vice Chair for Information Services.)
- Web Administration: WebKeeper
-
The SIGCHI web site
has been moved to a UNIX server
(turing.acm.org)
and is ready for regular maintenance (updates and additions).
This will be done by the SIGCHI information director and ACM staff.
Maintenance will include adding new information,
updating old information, and in general, keeping the
site informative and useful.
- Mailing List Administration
-
For many years, the SIGCHI mailing lists have been
at Xerox PARC (e.g., announcements.chi@xerox.com).
This has required considerable work on the part of
Nick Briggs and Don Patterson.
Additionally, some lists have been managed elsewhere
(e.g., the educators.chi and ii.chi lists).
In mid-1995, the ii.chi list moved to ACM.ORG,
and other lists are destined to follow,
but no decisions have been made.
We would not want to give up the convenience of some aspects
of the Xerox service, such as the user.chi@xerox.com mail
forwarding which makes it easy to send mail to CHI people.
This is an area where a lot of initiative might be needed.
The
SIGCHI mailing lists
are described in the
SIGCHI Bulletin.
- Future Responsibilities
-
The 1995-97 SIGCHI EC is interested in making ACM SIGCHI
the center of its members' HCI focus, in part by providing
useful online information.
The SIGCHI information director will aid in the installation
of the following information resources:
- member directory
- consultants directory
- job bank
- standards resource
- tools resource (e.g., something like PIGUI, the FAQ on
Platform Independent Graphical User Interfaces)
- More Information
-
More information can be found at the ACM pages for
information directors:
http://www.acm.org/infodir/.
Additionally, the following people are important contacts:
- Internet: Having easy telnet access to the ACM server
and knowing how to transfer files will be critical
for maintaining the SIGCHI Web site.
- UNIX: The SIGCHI Web server is a DEC Ultrix machine.
Knowing a UNIX editor (vi and emacs are on the ACM machine)
will make modifying Web pages much easier.
The news SIGCHI pages are under RCS revision control,
so having some knowledge of RCS would be useful.
- HTML: The SIGCHI Web pages are written in HTML.
Good knowledge of forms and CGI scripting will be necessary
to make use of Web interfaces to information.
Having knowledge of HTML validation will make
life easier for the many users of the site.
Here are some HTML validation links:
Benefits for the Information Director
- A computer account on turing.acm.org.
- No financial benefits; this is a volunteer position.
- The gratitude of many SIGCHI members.
- A SIGCHI ribbon you can wear proudly at SIGCHI conferences
- It's fun, if you are an information junkie.
- How are Changes to the Web Pages Requested?
- How are Changes Approved?