[SIGCIS-Members] European ICT Bibliography

[Ulf Hashagen]

Dear Jim, dear colleagues

you might be interested in a German bibliography on computing funded by
the German Science Foundation. From 1954 to 1966 the DFG published 73
reports on the  "new" literature on computing (from all over the world).
The idea behind this project was, that the DFG wanted to "make up ground"
in the computing field and tried to be informed about the world wide
progress in this field. (I am writing about this project in my new book on
schientific computing in Germany.) The number of entrys in these report
changed over the years, but it seems to me that the mean number of entries
in a report is 200 to 400. Unfortunately these reports are relatively rare
(even in German libraries) and I have never seen a copy on sale.

Kind regards

Ulf Hashagen




> Dear Jim,
>
> I would not know, never saw the synopsis bibliography for sale, but
> libraries may also hold the abstract journal it was based on (a reference
> journal with three lives):
>
> Literature on automation
> <http://opc.uva.nl:8080/DB=1.1/SET=1/TTL=3/CLK?IKT=5&TRM=automation>  =
> ISSN 0377-1067 (1961-1968 published by Dutch PTT)
>
> New literature on automation
> <http://opc.uva.nl:8080/DB=1.1/SET=1/TTL=3/CLK?IKT=5&TRM=automation>  =
> ISSN 0028-6095 (1968-1983 published by SSAA/NOVI Studiecentrum )
>
> Excerpta informatica : an abstract journal of recent literature on
> automation
> <http://opc.uva.nl:8080/DB=1.1/SET=1/TTL=3/CLK?IKT=5&TRM=automation>  =
> ISSN 0169-5509 (1985-1998 published by Tilburg University Press)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gerard Alberts
>
>
>
> --------------
>
> Excellent. If I wanted to buy a copy of this who should I go to in Europe
> to find this?
>
> Dr. Jim (James) W. Cortada
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> Dear Jim,
> here (below) is the reference to the 2 volume bibliography by the Dutch
> "Studiecentrum" I showed you before. It virtually coincided with the
> center's library, which has since been lost. Still this institute was very
> active in collecting literature in all languages and may well have been
> among the better informed in Europe.
> Kind regards,
> Gerard
>
>
> International computer bibliography : a guide to books on the use,
> application and effect of computers in scientific, commercial, industrial
> and social environments
> Place of publ., Publisher, Publication year: Amsterdam, Nederlands
> Studiecentrum voor Informatica, 1968-1971
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: members-bounces at sigcis.org on behalf of James Cortada
> Sent: Sun 7-6-2009 18:30
> To: Thomas Haigh
> Cc: members-bounces at sigcis.org; members at sigcis.org
> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] European ICT Bibliography
>
>
>
> Has anyone published, or put together, a substantial bibliography of books
> and articles concerning ICT in Europe? I am having difficulty assembling a
> good bibliographic list for my own work. The British story seems to have
> made it into many bibliographies, but publications from the Continent are
> more difficult to find on lists.
>
> Second, a question for our European colleagues: What are some good online
> bookdealers to go to for old and new books related to the history of ICT?
> I would especially like to know of those that carry books from multiple
> European countries.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> Dr. Jim (James) W. Cortada
> IBM Institute for Business Value
> 2917 Irvington Way
> Madison, WI 53713 USA
> jwcorta at us.ibm.com
> 608-270-4462
>
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