ACS Magazine Wins International Recognition

Friday 9 November 2001 - The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has won international recognition for its magazine, Information Age, with its accreditation by the UK-based Emerald Reviews as one of the world's 400 top management journals.

The unsolicited recognition by Emerald means Information Age joins the likes of Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review in Emerald's strictly-monitored review program.

Only a handful of other Australian publications have received this honour. To receive accreditation, magazines and journals must meet the exacting standards of a board of eminent international management academics and practitioners, including Professor Philip Kotler, Darrell Rigby and Professor Ralph Katz.

ACS President John Ridge said the international recognition was testament to the Society's commitment to improving services to Members and enhancing the relevance of content in the magazine.

"The publication of a quality magazine that adds value for our Members is an essential element of what we do as a professional society," he said.

"Information Age not only seeks to keep our Members abreast of technology developments and methodology improvements, but also explains the rationale for how they might add value for business."

The magazine, which is published for the ACS under licence by IDG Communications, has undergone significant changes over the past 12 months to improve the quality of its content and appearance.

Information Age Editor, Peter Davidson, said ACS Members had responded well to the enhancements and appreciated the efforts being made to make the magazine more relevant.

"Information Age features a mix of technical and professional articles, providing the background to many of the issues with which they are dealing in their professional roles and highlighting best practice both in Australia and overseas. We've seen an increase in positive feedback from our readers, who are finding the material we cover more useful to their careers and an added benefit of being a Member of the ACS.

"In recent issues, we've canvassed the ICT policies of the major political parties to enable Members to make an informed choice, we explored key business and technical issues like business process re-engineering and knowledge management, and we've highlighted professional issues like ethics and changes to the taxation regime," he said.

This media release is available on the ACS Web site at http://www.acs.org.au/news/091101a.htm

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The Australian Computer Society is the recognised association for information technology (IT) professionals, attracting a large and active membership from all levels of the IT industry and providing a wide range of services to its 16,000+ members. A member of the Australian Council of Professions, the ACS is the public voice of the IT profession and the guardian of professional ethics and standards in the IT industry, with a commitment to the wider community to ensure the beneficial use of IT.See the ACS Home Page for more information.

John Ridge, ACS President, Tel: (02) 9223 9499 or (0407) 913 992, Email: jridge@mra.com.au

Caroline New, Caroline New PR, Tel: (02) 9980 8060 or (0411) 889 456, Email: cnew@acslink.net.au