{ "paper_id": "J80-1007", "header": { "generated_with": "S2ORC 1.0.0", "date_generated": "2023-01-19T03:06:46.641578Z" }, "title": "The FINITE STRING Newsletter", "authors": [], "year": "", "venue": null, "identifiers": {}, "abstract": "", "pdf_parse": { "paper_id": "J80-1007", "_pdf_hash": "", "abstract": [], "body_text": [ { "text": "been published exclusively in microfiche form (with opaque index cards), consisting of pages reproduced directly from authors' typewritten manuscripts. In July of 1978 a proposal was made for publishing the Journal primarily in a phototypeset, hard-copy form at a cost that was only slightly higher than the microfiche form and well within the ACL's financial means, without requiring a dues increase. Based on this proposal, a survey of the entire individual membership of the ACL was conducted to determine people's preferences for the form of publication of the AJCL. Over 500 questionnaires were sent out, and over 200 responses were received within the first couple of weeks. About 80% of these respondents indicated a preference for a primarily hard-copy form of publication.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "Based on these results, the ACL Executive Committee decided at the 1978 Annual Meeting to begin publishing the AJCL in this new form with the first issue of 1979. (As it turned out, however, technical and other difficulties associated with producing the first issue caused several delays, eventually resulting in the decision to skip publication in 1979 altogether and start the new form with this first issue of 1980.)", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "In its new form, each quarterly issue of the AJCL will contain about 50 pages, at least half of which will be devoted to technical articles. The rest of the issue will consist of book reviews, announcements, news items, information on programs and courses in computational linguistics, descriptions of research projects and of resources relevant for research, and the comprehensive current bibliography with abstracts of publications and reports in the field. The amount of material published will be substantially the same as that included in previous years on multiple microfiches, in spite of the smaller number of actual pages, because the new format will accommodate more information in less space.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "The new form.", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "Included with each issue of the AJCL will be a single 4-by-6-inch microfiche containing the same material as the printed version, one journal page per frame. However, since the microfiche can accommodate up to 98 pages, it will be possible to include additional material, such as appendices for technical articles, program listings, and the membership roster. An index card will summarize the contents of the microfiche, so that this form will be appropriate for independent archival use.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "The new form.", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "The cover letter and the questionnaire from the 1978 survey are reproduced in their entirety on pages 68-70 in the microfiche supplement to this issue. (Incidentally, this furnishes a good example of the kind of material that this supplement can be used for.) The two-page cover letter is a detailed presentation of the proposal for hard-copy publication, with its feasibility supported by facts and figures . The one-page questionnaire gives nine publication alternatives, ranging from all microfiche to all hard copy, which the respondent was asked to rank using the numbers 1 through 9; there are also four questions to directly solicit the respondent's feelings about hard copy versus microfiche.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 400, "end": 407, "text": "figures", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "The survey materials.", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "Results. Of .the 513 questionnaires sent out (383 to the U.S., 40 to Canada, and 90 to other countries), 212 responses were received prior to the meeting at which the decision was made (169 from the U.S., 21 from Canada, and 22 from other countries). The table below shows, for each of the nine alternatives, the percentage of the 212 respondents who ranked that alternative as number 1 (i.e. their first choice). It also shows the average rank computed for and the resulting order of preference ternatives. (In the brief descriptions tives, HC stands for hard copy, and microfiche.) each alternative for the nine alof the alterna-MF stands for It can be seen that 78% of the respondents selected either alternative 6, 7 or 8 as their first choice and also that those alternatives were the first three in order of preference. Each of these was just a variation on the basic theme of a primarily hard-copy journal as proposed in the cover letter. Although alternative 7 actually had the most support, the decision was made to implement alternative 6, which provides each member with both hard copy and microfiche, because it provides more flexibility of publication, while still allowing those people who preferred 7 or 8 to have what they want, simply by discarding one form or the other when they receive it.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "The survey materials.", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "The FINITE STRING Newsletter", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "The survey materials.", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "The following table summarizes the responses to the four questions included in the survey. Here, too, it can be seen that respondents were very positive to the idea of a primarily hard-copy publication.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Program of the 1979 ACL Meeting", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "No", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Program of the 1979 ACL Meeting", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "Question Yes No Ans.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Program of the 1979 ACL Meeting", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "A. Would AJCL be read more? 72% 2% 26% B. Would submissions increase? 56% 8% 36% C. Would you elect to receive HC? 63% 18% 19% D. Should dues depend on form?", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Program of the 1979 ACL Meeting", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "47% 17% 36%", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Program of the 1979 ACL Meeting", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "The responses were also tabulated separately for the U.S., Canada, and the other countries, but the results did not differ significantly from the combined results shown. About 35 additional responses were received after the meeting, but it was apparent from looking at them carefully that they would not significantly affect the results already tabulated. George E. Heidorn", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Program of the 1979 ACL Meeting", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "The 17th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics was held at the University of California at San Diego, in La Jolla, California, on the weekend of August 11-12, 1979. The program committee for the meeting consisted of Norm Sondheimer (Chairman), Barbara Sangster, Bonnie Lynn Webber, and Ralph Weischedel, and the local arrangements chairman was Jim Levin. The 24 papers listed below were presented there. Copies of the proceedings, which includes the full text of most of these papers and extended abstracts of the others, along with an introduction to each session by its chairperson, are available for $5 from Don Walker at the address given on the inside front cover of this issue.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Program of the 1979 ACL Meeting", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "American Journal of Computational Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, January-March 1980", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "", "sec_num": null } ], "back_matter": [], "bib_entries": { "BIBREF1": { "ref_id": "b1", "title": "An Application of Automated Language Understanding Techniques to the Generation of Data Base Elements Georgette Silva", "authors": [], "year": null, "venue": "", "volume": "", "issue": "", "pages": "", "other_ids": {}, "num": null, "urls": [], "raw_text": "An Application of Automated Language Understanding Techniques to the Generation of Data Base Elements Georgette Silva, Christine Montgomery, and Don Dwiggins, Operating Systems, Inc.", "links": null }, "BIBREF2": { "ref_id": "b2", "title": "New York University Natural Language Input to a Computer-Based Glaucoma Consultation System Victor B. 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