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Student: Any student interested in acoustics who is enrolled in an accredited college or university for half time or more (at least eight semester hours). Dues: $45 per year. All students members will automatically receive the Journal on CD ROM six times each year.
Associate: Any individual interested in acoustics. Dues: $110 per year. After five years, the dues of an Associate increase to that of a full Member.
Electronic Associate: Any individual interested in acoustics who wishes to have access to ASA's online publications only, including the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and meeting programs. Dues: $85 per year.
Corresponding Electronic Associate: Any individual residing in a developing country, who wishes to have access to ASA's online publications only, including the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and meeting programs. Dues: $45 per year.
Member: Note: Applicants who wish to apply for full membership cannot apply online. Please download the application form here and mail it to ASA with your dues payment.
Any individual working in acoustics or related field, with an academic degree with a specialization in acoustics or related field, or with equivalent professional work experience in acoustics, may apply for full Membership. A nonmember applying for full Membership will automatically be made an interim Associate Member, and must submit $110 with the application for the first year’s dues. Election to full Membership may require six months or more for processing; dues as a full Member ($130) will be billed for subsequent years.Note: Dues payment includes a non-deductible allocation of $5.00 for Acoustics Today.
| BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP | Full Member | Associate | e-Associate | ce-Associate | Student |
| JASA, printed or on CD ROM | | | CD only | ||
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| Acoustics Today--the quarterly magazine | | | | | |
| Acoustics Research Letters Online (ARLO) | | | | | |
| Programs for meetings | | | Online | Online | |
| Meeting Calls for Papers | | | | Online | |
| Reduced Meeting Registration Fees | | | |
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| 5 free American National Standards downloaded from ASA Store | | | |
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| Book, Video, CD & Standards Discounts | | | |
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| Society Membership Directory | Online | Online | Online | Online | Online |
| Electronic Announcements | | | | | |
| Physics Today | | | | | |
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| Participation in ASA Committees | | | | | |
Student Members automatically receive the Journal on CD ROM and access to the Journal online is included with membership.
Electronic Associates and Corresponding Electronic Associates receive access to the Journal online. No printed copies of the Journal or CD ROMs are sent to members in these two categories. Associate Members may choose to receive the Journal in print, on CD ROM, or a combination of print and CD ROM. Access to the online Journal is included with membership. Available options for receiving the Journal for Associate Members and their costs include the following:a. Print Journal published monthly - no cost in addition to dues
b. CD-ROM published bimonthly - no cost in addition to dues
c. Print Journal published monthly plus CD-ROM published bimonthly - $25 in addition to dues
Note: Applicants from outside North, South and Central America who choose to receive the print journal may choose airfreight delivery of print journals for an additional charge of $135.00.
If your application for membership and dues payment are received by 1 September, your membership and Journal subscription will be made retroactive to 1 January of the current year and you will receive all back issues of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America for the current year. If your application is received after 1 September, however, your dues payment will be applied to the following year and your Journal subscription will begin on 1 January of the following year.
The online version of JASA includes articles, letters to the editor, and technical notes and research briefs from for the period October 1929 (Vol 1, No 1) to December 1996. From January 1997 to the present additional items are included such as news sections and patent reviews.
Upon completion of the application process, you will receive three messages. The first will be to welcome you as a member and will include your ASA membership account number. The second will be information and instructions on how to set-up your access to JASA online including the completion of an online user agreement. The third will contain instructions on how to set-up your access to Physics Today online. Note that these messages will be sent to you by the American Institute of Physics on behalf of ASA.