Member benefits

• Subscription to SIGIR Forum newsletter, published three times per year (one issue is the SIGIR Conference Proceedings, mailed to all members).
• Reduced registration at conferences sponsored by SIGIR (SIGIR, CIKM, JCDL, WSDM).
• Reduced registration at conferences held “in cooperation” with SIGIR (list varies from year to year).
• Access to the following content in the ACM Digital Library:
  1. SIGIR, CIKM, WSDM, and JCDL conference proceedings;
  2. SIGIR Forum; and
  3. some conferences and workshops held in cooperation with SIGIR.
• Option to upgrade to the Member Value Plus / Proceedings Package (includes printed copies of CIKM and JCDL conference proceedings).

Community benefits

• Sponsorship of SIGIR, CIKM, and JCDL conferences.
• Best Paper, Best Student Paper, and triennial Salton awards at the SIGIR conference.
• Vannevar Bush award at the JCDL conference (co-sponsored with SIGWEB).
• Student travel support to the SIGIR conference.
• SIG-ANNOUNCE and SIG-IRList mailing lists.
• SIGIR Web site, including electronic version of SIGIR Forum.