ACL 2002 Report: BOOK REVIEWS PUBLISHED

Computational Linguistics
Book Review Editor's report
Graeme Hirst
June 2002

In 2001, we continued to publish about five book reviews plus a
couple of brief notices in each issue of Computational Linguistics.

This number will certainly drop in 2002-03, as the number of books
published in computational linguistics and closely related areas has
dropped noticeably over the last year.

Most reviews are published in a timely manner -- that is, within 12
months of receipt of the book. This allows six months for the
reviewer (some take less) and five months for journal production.

MATERIAL REVIEWED

I am continuing to be fairly strict in deciding if a book is to be
reviewed, but try to include all books that are in "core"
computational linguistics, as well as a variety of books from
adjacent and overlapping disciplines that are likely to be useful in
CL. We do not review technical reports, doctoral theses, conference
proceedings, or workshop proceedings, except if revised for
publication as a book by a recognized publisher.

PRODUCTION MATTERS

I am indebted to Nadia Talent for long hours of reading out loud with
me to check the galleys.