[SIGCIS-Members] SIGCIS's Computer History Museum Prize -- Call for Nominations, deadline April 15

[Thomas Haigh]

Hello SIGCIS members,

Please find below the call for our flagship award, the Computer History
Museum prize. Books from 2008, 2009 and 2010 are eligible this year. The
committee has confirmed that for renomination of books submitted last year
(and published 2008 or 2009) there is no need to send new copies to all 3
members. Just post a copy to Jonathan Coopersmith (who we are delighted to
have as the new juror) and emails to the two continuing members.

Best wishes,

Tom Haigh

2011 Call for Submissions, Computer History Museum Prize

The Computer History Museum Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding
book in the history of computing broadly conceived, published during the
prior three years. The prize of $1,000 is awarded by SIGCIS, the Special
Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society. It is established
through the generosity of an anonymous donor who wishes to honor the
Computer History Museum. SIGCIS is part of the Society for the History of
Technology.

Books published in 2008-2010 are eligible for the 2011 award. Books in
translation are eligible for three years following the date of their
publication in English. Publishers, authors, and other interested members of
the computer history community are invited to nominate books. Send one copy
of the nominated title to each of the committee members listed below. To be
considered, book submissions must be postmarked by 15 April 2011. For more
information, please contact the prize committee chair.

Current information about the prize, including the most recent call and a
list of previous winners, may always be found at
http://www.sigcis.org/chmprize.

2011 Prize Committee Members

Pierre Mounier-Kuhn (Chair)
CNRS & Université Paris-Sorbonne
28 rue Serpente,
75006 Paris, France
mounier at msh-paris.fr

Jennifer S. Light
Northwestern University
School of Communication
2240 Campus Drive, Room 2-152
Evanston, IL 60208-2952
light at northwestern.edu

Jonathan Coopersmith
Department of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4326
j-coopersmith at neo.tamu.edu

Previous Winners:

• 2009: Christophe Lécuyer, Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth
of High Tech, 1930-1970 (MIT Press, 2006)

• 2010: Atsushi Akera, Calculating a Natural World: Scientists, Engineers,
and Computers During the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research (MIT Press, 2007)