[SIGCIS-Members] new book on history of computing at NSF

[Ian S. King]

Evan, welcome to academic publishing.  :-(

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 7:46 PM Evan Koblentz <evan at vcfed.org> wrote:

> On 12/9/19 7:20 PM, William Aspray wrote:
>
> You may be interested in the recent publication of Peter A. Freeman, W.
> Richards Adrion, and William Aspray,* Computing and the National Science
> Foundation, 1950-2016: Building a Foundation for Modern Computing* (ACM
> Books, 2019, 407 pp.).
>
> Thanks to Janet Abbate, Tom Haigh, and Jeff Yost for serving on the
> historical advisory committee for the project; and Tom Misa for shepherding
> the book through the publication process. NSF supported the project with a
> grant but did not have any editorial control over the content.
>
> The project resulted in approximately 5,000 documents and 50 oral
> histories being deposited at the Babbage Institute. These materials will
> eventually be available for scholarly use once the collection has been
> processed.
>
> -Bill Aspray
>
>
> Sounds great, but the price is outrageous:
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Computing-National-Science-Foundation-1950-2016/dp/1450372775
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Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens

Principal Investigator, "Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change",
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University of Washington

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