Are ACM worth a membership?
jacquesm: It's $99 per year and $50 for students. I've been on the fence for a long time, on the one hand there are tons of interesting papers to read, on the other I try to be a member of as little things as possible.Also, plenty of the content that is available on the ACM portal site is available elsewhere, usually pre-prints on the authors websites.Personally I think all research that is somehow subsidized ought to be accessible to the general public without payment.edit: make that 2x$99, once for the membership and once for access to their digital content.http://www.acm.org/membership/dues