Professional Organizations

Internet Links for Professional Organizations and Societies.

Professional Organizations

This page focuses attention on Professional Organizations in our varied disciplines.

Other pages on this site discuss each discipline in greater detail.

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Internet Links

As a service to our professional community, we are pleased to bring you a great starting place for locating organizations and societies focused on each of our disciplines.

Scroll down or click on one of the following newsgroup topics:

• Human Factors / Engineering Psychology
• User Interface Design / HCI
• Workplace Ergonomics / Safety
• Website Design / Computing
• Technical Training / Education

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Human Factors

• American Psychological Association PsychNET (SM) is the home page for the American Psychological Association. This is the home of PsychNET that permits great searches of the literature.
• American Psychological Society (APS) is the main psychological association for non-clinicians. They have lots of links to a wide range of topics in psychology. You should check it out.
• Canadian Psychological Association is the counterpart to the American Psychological Association. They also have links to lots of information in English and French.
• Cognitive Neuroscience Society is focused on the physiological aspects of cognition. Lots of links to medically oriented topics.
• The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) is the nationwide network of federal laboratories that provides the forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking the laboratory mission technologies and expertise with the marketplace.
• HFES Alamo Chapter
• HFES Carolina Chapter
• HFES CEDM Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group
• HFES CSTG Computer Systems Technical Group
• HFES ITG Internet Technical Group
• HFES Potomac Chapter
• HFES Tennessee Valley
• HFES Three Rivers Chapter
• HFES Western New York Chapter
• HFES Student Chapters contains links to all of the local HFES Chapters.
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society is the home page for the national HFES. They have links to all the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and are one of the main ergonomics organizations.
• The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society at SUNY Buffalo (UB).
• IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society
• Industrial Designers Society of America
• IIE Institute of Industrial Engineers
• ISPI International Society for Performance Improvement
• Institute of Industrial Engineers - Society of Work Science
• New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
• NOCA National Organization for Competency Assurance
• SID The Society for Information Displays is focused on Display Technology and includes professionals in all of the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing, and sales.
• SME Society of Manufacturing Engineers

User Interface Design

• ACM/SIGCHI is the home page for SIGCHI. This is the special interest group for Computer-Human Interface. This is the main organization for HCI professionals. There a are lots of links to other HCI sites, publications, student opportunities, and information on the organization.
• ACM SIGDOC Special Interest Group on Design of Communication.
• ACM SIGGRAPH Special Interest Group on Graphics.
• ACM SIGGROUP Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work.
• ACM SIGIR Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval.
• AFIHM Association Francophone d'Interaction Homme-Machine.
• AIS SIGHCI Association for Information Systems, Special Interest Group on HCI.
• Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture
• ASIS HCI American Society for Information Science HCI Interest Group.
• ASIS American Society for Information Science.
• BCS British Computer Society HCI Group.
• BayCHI is the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of SigCHI. Most of the information is specific to the local group.
• BayCHI Kids focuses on Kids media.
• British HCI Group is a primary organization for HCI in the UK. They have links to a variety of publications and sites.
• Cadius Online community for spanish speaking HCI professionals.
• CogSci Cognitive Science Society.
• Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group
• Ease of Use Roundtable.
• ERCIM European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics.
• Findability.org topics in navigation and retrieval.
• The GNOME Usability Project Is an effort to create an entirely free desktop environment for free systems.
• Interactive Systems Research Center.
• LIIHS Logiciels Interactifs et Interaction Homme-Systeme.
• LITA Human/Machine Interface Interest Group.
• LUII Library User Interface Issues.
• Lone Star SIGCHI is the local CHI chapter in Texas. They have good links to newsgroups, CHI related WWW pages, organizations, and conferences.
• MOCHI Southern Michigan Northern Ohio Local Special Interest Group in Computer Human Interaction.
• Norwegian Computer Society HCI SIG.
• Pliant Research.
• SIGCHIAustin
• SIGCHI BayCHI San Francisco Bay Area.
• SIGCHI BuckCHI Central Ohio ACM SIGCHI.
• SIGCHI CapCHI Ottawa SIGCHI.
• SIGCHI CHIA CHI Atlanta.
• SIGCHI Greater Boston
• SIGCHI CHIFOO Portland, Oregon.
• SIGCHI Puget Sound
• SIGCHI LA-SIGCHI Los Angeles SIGCHI.
• SIGCHI Carolina
• SIGCHI SwissCHI Switzerland.
• SIGCHI TriCHI Research Triangle Park.
• SIGCHI TwinCHI Twin Cities, Minnesota.
• STIMDI Swedish Interdisciplinary Interest Group for Human-Computer Interaction.
• Toronto Regional Computer Human Interaction is the local chapter for SigCHI. They do have links to publications and sites but most of the information is about the local chapter.
• Universal Usability
• UPA Usability Professionals' Association.
• UPA Minnesota Usability Professionals' Association Minnesota
• UPA Montreal Usability Professionals' Association Montreal.
• User Modeling Inc.

Workplace Ergonomics / Safety

• AAOS American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• AAOHS American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
• ABIH American Board of Industrial Hygiene
• ABOHN American Board for Occupational Health Nurses
• ACOEM American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
• AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
• ANSI American National Standards Institute
• AOTA American Occupational Therapy Association
• APTA American Physical Therapy Association
• ACE Association of Canadian Ergonomists
• APA Australian Physiotherapy Association
• ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers
• BFE Biofeedback Foundation of Europe
• Biomechanics World Wide lots of links to biomechanics sites.
• BCSP Board of Certified Safety Professionals
• BCPE Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics
• CCOHS Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Canadian Physiotherapy Association
• Ergonomics Society of Australia
• Ergonomics Society of the United Kingdom United Kingdom's main human factors and ergonomics society
• Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA).
• European Association for Cognitive Ergonomics
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
• IEA The International Ergonomics Association is the federation of ergonomics and human factors societies from around the world
• International Ergonomics Association (IEA, Sweden)
• International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety
• The Nordic Ergonomics Society
• The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
• International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety
• Irish Ergonomics Society
• National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists
• National Coalition on Ergonomics
• National Institute of Working Life
• National Safety Council.
• North American Institute of Manual Therapy
• Office Ergonomic Research Committee (OERC) U.S. Navy
• Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
• Software Ergonomics in Switzerland
• World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)

Website Design / Computing

• ACM The First Society in Computing is the parent organization for various SIGs (Special Interest Groups) including SigCHI. This is a good organization to join and a good place to keep current in several SIGS.
• BCPE Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics is the certifying body for individuals whose education and experience indicate broad expertise in the practice of human factors/ergonomics.
• Computer Science Societies has a large list of organizations and is maintained by the University of Waterloo.
• IEEE LTTF IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force
• ACM SIGCAPH Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically Handicapped.
• ACM SIGMM Special Interest Group on Multimedia.
• ACM SIGWEB Special Interest Group on Hypertext/Hypermedia and the Web.
• AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts.
• AWC Association for Women in Computing.
• BCAB British Computer Association of the Blind.
• BCS British Computer Society.
• CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
• D-lib Program Research in Digital Libraries.
• IEEE Computer Society
• IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT)
• IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
• IFIP International Federation of Information Processing.
• Norwegian Computer Society HCI SIG
• Open Group (X/Open)
• Worldwide Institute of Software Architects

Technical Training

• AAACC American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
• AACE Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
• Adult Education Research Conference is an annual North American conference that provides a forum for adult education researchers to share their experiences and the results of their studies with students, other researchers, and practitioners from around the world.
• AACE Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
• AAIM Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia.
• ACA American Communication Association
• ACCE Australian Council for Computers in Education.
• ACET Australian Council for Education Through Technology.
• ACM Association for Computing Machinery.
• AECT Association for Educational Communications & Technology
• AECT Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
• AERA American Educational Research Association
• AERA Arizona Educational Research Association
• AMTEC Association for Media and Technology in Education.
• APC Association for Progressive Communications
• ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• ASTD American Society for Training and Development
• BECTA British Educational Communications and Technology Agency.
• CAST Center for Applied Special Technology.
• CCTCenter for Children and Technology.
• CTL Center for Technology in Learning.
• CUE Computer Using Educators.
• The Concord Consortium a nonprofit educational research and development organization based in Concord.
• COSN Consortium for School Networking.
• OET Department of Education Office of Educational Technology.
• ECOO Educational Computing Organization of Ontario.
• EDUCAUSE (Transforming Education Through Information Technology.)
• ESC Educational Software Cooperative.
• EWIT Educators Website for Information Technology.
• ILRT Institute for Learning and Research Technology.
• ILT Institute for Learning Technologies.
• ISKO International Society for Knowledge Organization
• ISTE International Society for Technology in Education.
• ITEA International Technology Education Association.
• LNT Leadership and the New Technologies.
• NSBA National School Boards Association.
• Office of Training Technology the Navy's premier online resource for human performance and training technology for lifelong learning.
• RTEC Regional Technology in Education Consortia.
• SALT Society for Applied Learning Technology.
• SETDA State Educational Technology Directors Association.
• STC Society for Technical Communication.
• STC Society for Technical Communication Usability SIG.
• TLT Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group.
• TEFA Technology Education Federation of Australia.
• TIELab Technology in Education Laboratory.
• TIE Technology & Innovation in Education .
• TSA Technology Student Association.
• WCOATE World Council of Associations for Technology Education.

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