From the Editor: CHI 98

Steven Pemberton

CHI 98

Changes in Editors

New Column

CHI 98

So we reach the annual CHI issue, and it's just as packed as ever, and it's just as much work to squeeze everything in. I hope you agree that it's as good a CHI issue as we've ever had.

Changes in Editors

This issue is accompanied by some changes in the editorial staff at the SIGCHI Bulletin.

First off, a big welcome to David Novick who is taking over as editor of the World-wide CHI column. David is an American and Director of Research at the European Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Engineering (EURISCO) in Toulouse in the south of France, so is a perfect person for understanding the issues involved. We should extend a big thank you to John Karat and Clare-Marie Karat who have edited the column so ably these past years.

Secondly many thanks to Donald Day, who has been co-editor of the Events column who also leaves this issue to become moderator of SIGCHI's intercultural listserv (chi-intercultural@acm.org). Thanks Donald.

New Column

You will also notice that there is a new column this issue: HCI and the Web. It's clear at CHI conferences, and from the activity on SIGCHI's CHI-WEB mailing list that there is a lot of interest in the Web amongst SIGCHI people, so it was about time the Bulletin had a column dedicated to the subject.

The column is edited by Keith Instone, who was until recently the SIGCHI webmaster, who moderates the CHI-WEB list, and chaired (along with me) the first HCI and the Web Workshop at CHI 96.

I hope you agree that it is a worthy addition to the Bulletin.

Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam
chi-Bulletin-Editor@acm.org
http://www.cwi.nl/~steven

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