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The article comments on the origin and history of publications in computing. Prior to the second World War, there was only disordered and infrequent publication about computing. The journals related to mathematics, science and engineering, carried occasional contributions concerning computations with mechanical aids. There was a scarce amount of publication concerning methods for efficient computing and the editors of the mathematical journals seemed to consider that papers concerning the process of actually dealing with complex numbers had insufficient content to justify publication by them. The publication started to increase in the early 1950s. A new journal was published in 1949, with the title "Digital Computer Newsletter of the Office of Naval Research," which provided a medium for the interchange among interested persons of information concerning recent developments in various digital computing projects. The first publications of the Association for Computing Machinery were the 1952 Proceedings of the Association meetings in Pittsburgh and Toronto.

The article presents a calendar of events in 1974 sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery. The Annual Conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association would be held on August 20-23, 1974 at Hotel Bonaventure in Canada. On 21-29, 1974, the International Congress of Mathematicians would be held in Vancouver, Canada.

Information about the projected conference proceedings on the increasing involvement and power that the computer brings to all walks of life is presented. The 1970 Spring Joint Computer Conference is scheduled on May 5 to 7, 1970 in Atlantic City. It offers a panel of representatives from all aspects of the computer industry. Corporate bodies or topical headings followed by the subdivision "Congresses"

The article presents a list of conference proceedings and special reports that are available from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It includes the 8th Design Automation Workshop held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 28 to 30, 1971, Symposium on Data Structures in Programming Languages held in Gainesville, Florida on February 25 to 27, 1971, and the Symposium on Compiler Organization held in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois on July 27 to 28, 1970.

The article offers news briefs on issues regarding the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM Communications Student Editorial Committee received more than 50 intentions to submit papers. The report "Computers and Crisis," edited by R. W. Bemer, a volume representing the edited sessions of ACM 70 has been released. The 1970 annual issue of "Bibliography and Subject Index of Computing Literature" of the ACM is available to subscribers.

The article reports on the new policy recommended by Mario L. Juncosa, chairman of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Editorial Board, at the ACM Council's meeting in Cleveland, Ohio over the concerns related to limited availability of papers presented at ACM national conferences that are published in ACM's journals. It mentions that the ACM policy is not in favor of duplicate publications and thus not allow publication in other journals that are widely available. The guidelines of the new policy recommended by Juncosa are mentioned.

The article offers information on the plan of reissuing comprehensive sets of Proceedings of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) Conferences and of the National Joint Computer Committee. The sets will be released with 26 volumes from 1951 to 1964 at $100 for members of participating societies and an additional $50 for nonmembers. Charges for volumes of individual conferences shall be based on the original prices with exemption to proceedings with more than one conference. Information on the date and place of availability of reissued sets are provided.