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New Book: Digital Independence. India's Way Into the Computer Age – an International History
by Michael Homberg 30 Dec '24

30 Dec '24

Dear SIGCIS, please excuse the "self-promotion": I am excited to announce the publication of my new book: "Digital Independence. India's Way Into the Computer Age – an International History" ("Digitale Unabhängigkeit. Indiens Weg ins Computerzeitalter – eine Internationale Geschichte"). It has been published this week by Wallstein, and is largely based upon my habilitation thesis which I finished at the University of Potsdam, Germany, in 2021. The book is in German language only, but an English translation is already planned. I've shared the translated German blurb below. Many thanks for all the inspirations I received from the SIGCIS community, and I hope you all have a lovely weekend. Best regards from Berlin, Michael *** Digitale Unabhängigkeit. Indiens Weg ins Computerzeitalter – eine Internationale Geschichte, Göttingen: Wallstein 2022 (Geschichte der Gegenwart, Bd. 32). URL: https://www.wallstein-verlag.de/9783835352674-digitale-unabhaengigkeit.html. Blurb: The first electronic computers arrived in India in the 1950s. Today, Indian programmers embody our globalized world. This book examines the long and chequered history of India's journey into the digital age. It shows how the emergence of digital expertise in India was the result of both national efforts and international cooperations. From early on, the computer thus became a symbol of Indian nation-building at the end of the colonial era, a tool of technocratic planning in the high modern age, and an instrument of power politics, cultural controversies and economic interests. The book interweaves a national history perspective on the Indian republic, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, with an analysis of the country's global relations, analyzing the different speeds and intensities of the computerization of the living and working worlds in the Global North and the Global South. Thus, it reconstructs the highly international networks of computer specialists, technicians, managers and politicians, development experts and activists in India. Since the early days of the Indian republic, industrialized nations such as the USA and the USSR, but also the Federal Republic of Germany and Great Britain promoted the expansion of computer technology and education in India. This study explores the roots of these international technical assistance programs in the Cold War era and the development of its global geopolitics of expertise, the growing desire in the Indian computer industry for “digital independence” in the global IT market since the 1970s and the triumph of elite programmers in Silicon Valley in the early 21st century. It analyzes the preconditions, dynamics, and consequences of global exchange processes in India after 1947, and thus “decenters” the primarily Western perspective of computer history and its master narratives. Drawing on broad (archival) research in India, the USA, and Europe, the study's sources include governmental records, university archival collections, academic literary estates, parliamentary minutes, and contemporary media. _______________________________ PD Dr. Michael Homberg Senior Scientist/Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF) e.V. Am Neuen Markt 1 14467 Potsdam

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SIGICS update
by Andrew Russell 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

Dear SIGCIS friends - I’m writing to share the news that I’m stepping down as SIGCIS Co-Chair. I started as Chair back in 2014, and became Co-Chair when Melanie Swalwell joined me in this role in 2020. I’m really proud of what we’ve built and sustained together as a community! At the same time, I think it’s healthy for SIGCIS to have some rotation in leadership. The tipping point for me came a couple of months ago, when I was named as Officer-in-Charge (aka interim president) of my university, SUNY Polytechnic Institute. This assignment is as rewarding as it is time-consuming, and leaves me little choice but to pull back from some of my professional commitments, including SIGCIS. Fortunately, Melanie Swalwell has agreed to continue on as SIGCIS Chair. She will be writing to the list soon with an update about SIGCIS in 2023 and beyond. Thank you for your support and kindness over the years, and for making SIGCIS a welcoming and fun place to be :) All the best, Andy — — — — — — — — — — — Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. Officer-in-Charge SUNY Polytechnic Institute 100 Seymour Road Utica, NY 13502 257 Fuller Road Albany, NY 12203 https://sunypoly.edu/ https://arussell.org/

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SIGCIS 2022 CFP: UNDER CONSTRUCTION | Due June 1
by Laine Nooney 30 Jan '24

30 Jan '24

Dear SIGCIS Community, The SIGCIS Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to *announce the CFP for our 2022 SIGCIS Conference, **UNDER CONSTRUCTION*. Our keynote for the event is Lilly Irani <https://quote.ucsd.edu/lirani/>, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. The SIGCIS Conference will take place *November 13th, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, *on the Sunday of the SHOT conference. *Abstracts are due June 1.* Below you can find the full CFP for this year's conference. The CFP can also be viewed as a Google doc here <https://bit.ly/388L3Zk>, or at our conference website: meetings.sigcis.org. Please circulate widely, and we hope to see you at SIGCIS! -Laine Nooney, Morgan G. Ames, Stephanie Dick, and Xiaochang Li -------------------------------------------------------------- *UNDER CONSTRUCTION* *New Orleans, LA, US | November 13, 2022* The Special Interest Group in Computing, Information, and Society [SIGCIS] welcomes submissions to their annual conference meetings.sigcis.org Proposal Due Date: June 1, 2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Lilly Irani Associate Professor of Communication & Science Studies University of California, San Diego THEME A shovel strikes dirt in one country, and the Internet goes out in another. Data centers are cooled by local water supplies, fiber-optic cable follows the sightlines left by railroads and telegraph, global hardware semiconductor supplies depend on the labor of rare earth mineral miners: somehow computing always needs more. The past ten years, in particular, have exhibited a perilous turn in the political economy of computing, as software became service, programming became agile, and storage became cloud. This new regime is driven by an accelerated mode of iterative software development that increasingly relies on post-sales bug fixes, security patches, and performance upgrades, producing a litany of products and services whose endless failures aid some and threaten others. From the communities subject to such “innovation” to the shadow workers paid to “be” artificial intelligence to the coders pushing ambient updates by the millions, risk hums through it all. Computation today is locked in a state of perpetual beta testing, forever promising “improved” features—just don’t ask when it will end, and don’t ask who’s doing the work. In the meantime, these new standards of practice generate new labor and resource demands, new forms of risk, and new challenges for accountability and intervention alike. Yet the patched and partial nature of computing isn’t new. Computing is infrastructure, requiring its own forms of construction and maintenance throughout its history, whether tearing up roads, detangling spaghetti code, or hastily soldering circuits. These are metaphors for history too: what better encapsulates the sentiment of doing history, than the feeling that it will never be done? For historians of information and computing itself, such anxieties are particularly acute due to the objects under examination: constant upgrades, absent documentation, planned obsolescence, the failure of historic hardware. For every line of code we save, hundreds, thousands, disappear. As we work to make sense of our contemporary conditions, how does the undone quality of history affect our ability to tell it? The 2022 SIGCIS Conference, convening in-person in New Orleans on November 13 following the SHOT Annual Meeting, invites scholars, museum and archive professionals, journalists, IT practitioners, artists, and independent researchers across the disciplinary spectrum to submit abstracts related to the historical conditions of computing. We are especially interested in (but not limited to) work that relates to the theme of construction, maintenance, and labor, broadly and imaginatively construed. Areas of engagement may include: - Maintenance and infrastructure in the history of computing and information tech - Historically-oriented approaches to the platform and gig economies - Computing as a site of labor struggle - Networks, borders, boundaries - Computational models of resistance: obfuscation, open-source, hacking, going “off grid” - Government’s historic role in the construction of computing industries and infrastructure - Communitarian and utopian applications of computing - Updates, upgrades, failures, and bugs - Modding, re-using, recycling, afterlives - Archival and curatorial practices and methods - Oral history, memory, forgetting - The limits of historical representation SIGCIS is especially welcoming of new directions in scholarship. We maintain an inclusive atmosphere for scholarly inquiry, supporting disciplinary interventions from beyond the traditional history of technology and promoting diversity in STEM. We welcome submissions from: the histories of technology, computing, information, and science; science and technology studies; oral history and archival studies; critical studies of big data and machine learning; studies of women, gender, and sexuality; studies of race, ethnicity, and postcoloniality; film, media, and game studies; software and code studies; network and internet histories; music, sound studies, and art history; and all other applicable domains. The annual SIGCIS Conference begins immediately after the regular annual meeting of our parent organization, the Society for the History of Technology [SHOT]. Information about the annual SHOT conference can be found at: https://bit.ly/3Nswik2 SUBMISSION FORMATS SIGCIS welcomes proposals for individual 15-20 minute papers, 3-4 paper panel proposals, and non-traditional proposals such as roundtables, software demonstrations, art and music performances, hands-on workshops, etc. SUBMISSION PROCEDURES Submissions are due June 1, 2022 via Google form: <https://forms.gle/C8ixar9s3JsCXq8d9>https://forms.gle/sLRowEDz6QitKCfv9. Submissions require: - 300-350 word abstract, summary, or prospectus (as appropriate for the submission type). Full panel proposals should additionally include 200-250 word abstracts for each paper that will be part of the panel. - 100-150 word bios for each participant If you are submitting a co-presented paper, pre-constituted panel, or other submission involving multiple participants, please only have one person submit for the group; contact and professional information for other participants can be included in the Bio submission section. Questions about the submission process should be sent to: xiaochang.li(a)stanford.edu. COSTS/REGISTRATION While last year’s online conference was pay-what-you-can, hosting an in-person event incurs costs related to room and A/V rental, catering, etc. These costs are subsidized in part by our parent organization, SHOT, but participants should expect registration fees in the range of $45-50 for SHOT attendees and $90-120 for those only attending Sunday SIGCIS Conference (we list these rates in good faith, but they are subject to change). Attending SHOT has its own registration costs. TRAVEL AND CARE GRANTS As a new initiative, SIGCIS will be offering grants to support travel expenses and/or expenses related to child, elder, and other forms of care for presenters whose responsibilities at home may present a barrier to in-person participation. The top financial priority of SIGCIS is support for graduate students, visiting faculty without institutional travel support, and others who would be unable to attend the meeting without travel assistance. We understand that for some, participation is more contingent on childcare or elder care, and as such we are opening up these grants to provide that form of support as well. There is no separate application form, though depending on the volume of requests and available resources we may need to contact you for further information before making a decision. Any award offered is contingent on registering for and attending the SIGCIS Conference. Please note that SHOT does not classify the SIGCIS Conference as participation in the SHOT annual meeting, so acceptance by SIGCIS does not imply eligibility for the SHOT travel grant program. ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS REQUESTS The submission Google form will include a field where individuals may make requests for accessibility accommodations. Since our event is coordinated by our parent organization, SHOT, we cannot guarantee our ability to meet all accommodation requests. However, our intent will always be to advocate to meet the accessibility needs of our participants. SIGCIS MEETINGS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Laine Nooney, New York University (SIGCIS Vice-Chair of Meetings) Morgan Ames, University of California, Berkeley Stephanie Dick, Simon Fraser University Xiaochang Li, Stanford University ---- Laine Nooney <http://www.lainenooney.com/> MCC <http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/> @ NYU <http://www.nyu.edu/> Assistant Professor -Need to make an appt? Click, don't email: https://bit.ly/2GIHuK0 -Probably typed by voice recognition, so please cherish typos

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CFP: Born Digital Cultural Heritage
by Melanie Swalwell 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

CFP: BORN DIGITAL HERITAGE NOW #BDCH23 - https://aama.net.au/conference/ Thursday, November 30th - Friday, December 1st, 2023 #BDCH23 is the third iteration of the Born Digital Cultural Heritage conference series. The first and second iterations - in 2014 and 2022 - brought together academics and practitioners from across the world to consider issues in the field of born digital heritage, from a range of disciplinary perspectives. A notable feature of this conference series has been the deliberate attempt to establish dialogue between those working in different professional fields. We recognise that born digital heritage reaches into all disciplines and that, if we want to make progress on the challenges of preserving born digital heritage, it takes people from a range of disciplines and professions working together. Therefore, we seek to break down professional silos and other barriers that inhibit the discussion and sharing of questions, knowledge and know how to address common challenges that we all face when researching, preserving and accessing different forms of born digital cultural heritage. BDCH#23 will consider where born digital cultural heritage is at now. What are we making progress on and what are the urgent challenges? How are we going to safeguard our digital heritage for future generations? For this event, we aim to expand the fields of discussions to include architecture and design and extend the focus on digital games and media arts to include websites, networking and other relevant domains. The challenges of preserving digital cultural heritage aren't limited to legacy technologies, of course, but also affect contemporary platforms such as apps, VR, AR, etc. BDCH#23 will be a hybrid conference held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne and online via zoom. Access the full program for the last Born Digital Cultural Heritage Conference held in 2022<https://playitagainproject.com/conference/conference_program/> with abstracts and recordings of all presentations. We invite proposals for papers that address the four sub-themes: Collecting, Curating, Preserving and Researching, as well as those that cut across these sub-themes. Please send an abstract of 300 words, plus keywords and references, and a brief author biography (50-80 words) by July 27th, 2023. Send proposals to aama(a)swin.edu.au<mailto:aama@swin.edu.au> An anthology "On Revisiting 1990s Born Digital Artefacts" (working title) is planned after the conference. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to: * Recognition of digital cultural heritage * New approaches to collecting and curation * Engaging audiences with legacy digital artefacts * Exhibition case studies * Policy directions * Institutional interactions * Networked initiatives and coalitions * Distributed collections * New approaches to loans * New techniques in preservation * Imagining future tools, methodologies, problems and/or solutions * Legal developments * Tools and practical case studies * Training and workforce development * Progress on emulation strategies * Histories of the born digital * Reflections from researchers on accessing newly re-accessible artworks * Collaborations between practitioners and researchers. -- Melanie Swalwell Professor of Digital Media Heritage Co-Chair, SIGCIS<http://www.sigcis.org/> Acting Deputy Director Centre for Transformative Media Technologies School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education Swinburne University PO Box 218, Hawthorn Vic 3122 Australia http://transformativemedia.swinburne.edu.au/ Tel +61 3 9214 3911 AS426 mswalwell(a)swin.edu.au @melswal Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/homebrew-gaming-and-beginnings-vernacular-di…> Game History and the Local<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-66422-0>

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Historians of technology - seeking your thoughts on US AI policy
by Jonathan Coopersmith 18 Jun '23

18 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) request for input to develop a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy <https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/26/2023-11346/request-for…> offers historians of technology an opportunity to offer historically grounded suggestions for contemporary government policy. With a submission deadline of July 7, we need to move quickly. What follows is an experiment, not a set blueprint. Please freely comment about procedure as well as content. I propose two lines of action: people responding individually and working together to submit responses. My focus is the latter. The request has 29 questions, divided into five areas: Protecting rights, safety, and national security Advancing equity and strengthening civil rights Bolstering democracy and civic participation Promoting economic growth and good jobs Innovating in public services OSTP is limiting a response to ten pages (excluding references), thus encouraging respondents to establish their priorities using their expertise and assessment of the questions’ importance. The questions ask whether the diffusion of AI can help or hurt the United States in those areas both in general and for specific subsectors. Historical experience -- such as the (uneven) diffusion of the Internet, of electrification, of transportation technologies; redlining; and access to financing – can shape our responses. I suggest organizing to - discuss what questions are the highest priorities - form subgroups to focus on those questions - critique and edit suggestions - submit responses by July 7 If you are interested, please respond to this email or contribute to a Google Docs <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P0G-uKP2cG5LpxO9GUixPqVfJY5fyAQBeor7h0o…>. All responses to the OSTP request will be publicly available (which creates an opportunity for more research – see below). We can use Google Docs and zoom to communicate and coordinate. I encourage thinking about publishing your responses in other venues (such as theconversation.com, History News Network) to reach wider audiences. Future research: After July 7, all the submitted responses will be publicly available. That will be an opportunity to analyze the perceptions of the respondents about AI. Thank you for considering this opportunity. The attached file contains this letter and the 29 questions. Stay sane, Jonathan Jonathan Coopersmith Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Professor Emeritus Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.739.4708 (cell) "Technological obsolescence, <https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/05/technological-obsolescence>" National Academy of Engineering *Perspectives* May 23, 2023 It's taking longer to vote - especially if you are Black or Hispanic <https://theconversation.com/its-taking-more-time-to-cast-a-ballot-in-us-ele…> , theconversation.com Preserving space archives: https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/ *FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine* (Johns Hopkins University Press)

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Fwd: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of India Collaborative Research Opportunities
by Jonathan Coopersmith 18 Jun '23

18 Jun '23

Might be a funding opportunity here. Stay sane, Jonathan Jonathan Coopersmith Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Professor Emeritus Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.739.4708 (cell) "Technological obsolescence, <https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/05/technological-obsolescence>" National Academy of Engineering *Perspectives* May 23, 2023 It's taking longer to vote - especially if you are Black or Hispanic <https://theconversation.com/its-taking-more-time-to-cast-a-ballot-in-us-ele…> , theconversation.com Preserving space archives: https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/ *FAXED. 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New Publication: The Early Development of Project Gutenberg, c.1970-2000
by Rowberry, Simon 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Dear SIGCIS, I'm pleased to let you know that my latest book, The Early Development of Project Gutenberg, c.1970-2000, has been published as part of the Cambridge Elements in Publishing and Book Culture series: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/early-development-of-project-gutenb… Cambridge University Press will provide free access to the Element through that link until June 29th. In the book I re-examine the established narrative of Project Gutenberg's development beyond the often-hagiographic focus on Michael Hart's role as the founder, instead focusing on how the Project was a team effort that required legal and technical expertise to grow. While I mainly focus on the history of digital publishing and digitization, I tie this together with research from the history of computing and the emergence of the Internet which should be of interest to SIGCIS members. Best, Simon

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new SIGCIS conference organizing committee members
by Morgan G. Ames 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

Hi all, I'm excited to share that we have THREE new rockstar members of the SIGCIS conference organizing committee: Katya Babintseva <https://www.cla.purdue.edu/directory/profiles/ekaterina-babintseva.html>, Gili Vidan <https://infosci.cornell.edu/content/vidan>, and Colette Perold <https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/media-studies/colette-perold>. They join Laine Nooney, Stephanie Dick, Xiaochang Li, and me in planning this year's virtual conference <https://meetings.sigcis.org/>. When Laine and Steph step down this fall for a well-earned break from organizing, Katya, Gili, and Colette will join Xiaochang and me in planning SIGCIS 2024 and beyond. These three scholars are longstanding and respected members of the SIGCIS community, and we are excited that they will be joining us to steer this conference in the coming years! Please join me in welcoming them! Warmly, Morgan SIGCIS co-vice-chair of conferences -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Morgan G. Ames <https://morganya.org> (pronounced "MORE-ghen Aims"; she/her) faculty, School of Information <https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/>, UC Berkeley associate director of research, Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society <https://cstms.berkeley.edu> author of *The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child <https://morganya.org/charisma/>* (2019, MIT Press <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/charisma-machine>) - 2020 Information Science Book of the Year, 2020 Sally Hacker Prize, 2021 Computer History Museum Prize If you need disability accommodations to meet or work with me, please let me know. UC Berkeley sits on the territory of xučyun, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo speaking Ohlone people, the successors of the sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County. See https://cejce.berkeley.edu/ohloneland for more.

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FW: NMAAHC, Curator of African American Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Science and Technology)
by Hintz, Eric 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Hi SIGCIS - Please see the job announcement for a new Curator of African American Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Science and Technology) at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Position is rated as an IS-12 on the federal pay scale, so starts at $89,834.00 + excellent benefits. For inquires, contact Michelle Wilkinson (WilkinsonM(a)si.edu<mailto:WilkinsonM@si.edu>) or Bill Pretzer (PretzerW(a)si.edu<mailto:PretzerW@si.edu>). Best, Eric Hintz --- OVERVIEW The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is in the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). NMAAHC is a national museum for the study and exhibition of African American history and culture. The position is in the Office of Curatorial Affairs. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Museum Curator (Caterpillar Curator of African American Innovation and Entrepreneurship) provides expertise and intellectual leadership for the museum's interpretation of African American innovation and entrepreneurship in science and technology. In this position, you will: * Initiate and develop an intellectual framework and plans for collection and programming defining the museum's approach to African American innovation and entrepreneurship in science and technology. * Guided by the framework and plan, develop the museum's collection in scope and scale. * Conduct scholarly research which typically results in publications, digital materials, or exhibitions that make original and trust-worthy contribution to the field. * Participate in conferences, symposia, programs for professional audiences and the public to share research, collections, and projects related to science and technology. * Serve as expert in responses to public inquiries and media requests regarding topics relating to science and technology. More details at the link below...Eric _________________ Eric S. Hintz, PhD (he/him), Historian, Lemelson Center Office +1 202-633-3734 | Mobile +1 610-717-7134 |@EricSHintz Email hintze(a)si.edu<mailto:hintze@si.edu> | americanhistory.si.edu<http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/> | invention.si.edu<http://www.invention.si.edu/> Author, American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/american-independent-inventors-era-corporate…> (MIT Press, 2021) Editor, Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives<https://invention.si.edu/sites/default/files/Lemelson-Center-Black-Inventor…> (2021) Co-editor, Does America Need More Innovators?<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/does-america-need-more-innovators> (MIT Press, 2019) From: Wilkinson, Michelle J. <WilkinsonM(a)si.edu<mailto:WilkinsonM@si.edu>> Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 8:18 PM To: Hintz, Eric <HintzE(a)si.edu<mailto:HintzE@si.edu>> Subject: NMAAHC, African American Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Science and Technology) Dear Eric, Please see the position announcement and share to your networks.... Museum Curator (Caterpillar Curator of African American Innovation and Entrepreneurship) Announcement Number: SITRUST-23-NMAAHC0506 https://www.si.edu/content/ohr/SITrustVacs/SITRUST-23-NMAAHC0506.pdf OPEN DATE: June 1, 2023 CLOSING DATE: June 30, 2023 Thank you, Michelle Michelle Joan Wilkinson, PhD Museum Curator, Architecture and Design National Museum of African American History and Culture Smithsonian Institution wilkinsonm(a)si.edu<mailto:wilkinsonm@si.edu>

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Fwd: The compelling history of the personal computer behind an industry behemoth
by Jonathan Coopersmith 09 Jun '23

09 Jun '23

A pleasure to see UC promoting The Apple II Age Jonathan Coopersmith ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: University of Chicago Press <directmarketing(a)uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 8:45 AM Subject: The compelling history of the personal computer behind an industry behemoth To: <j-coopersmith(a)tamu.edu> BROWSE BY SUBJECT | BROWSE BY SERIES ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd [image: Chicago The University of Chicago Press] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/gu0ez1b…> BROWSE BY SUBJECT <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/wm1ez1b…> | BROWSE BY SERIES <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/cf2ez1b…> [image: Apple II Age] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/s72ez1b…> The Apple II AgeLaine Nooney *Now available, this 352-page history explores how the Apple II's software helped a machine transcend from hobbyist's plaything to essential home appliance. * Skip the iPhone, the iPod, and the Macintosh. If you want to understand how Apple Inc. became an industry behemoth, look no futher than the 1977 Apple II. Designed by the brilliant engineer Steve Wozniak and hustled into the marketplace by his Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, the Apple II became one of the most prominent personal computers of this dawning industry. *Get 40% off when you buy direct using the code NOONEY40 until 6/21/2023. * BUY NOW <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/8z3ez1b…> [image: Apple II Age] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/os4ez1b…> “*The Apple II Age* is a joy to read and an extraordinary achievement in computer history. A rigorous thinker and a bright and witty writer, Nooney offers a compelling account of the initial attempts to make computers inviting to the public. *The Apple II Age*, like the old microcomputer itself, is bound to intrigue both experts and newcomeres to the subject.” —Joanne McNeil, author of *Lurking: How a Person Became a User* Be the first to know Get the latest updates on new releases, special offers, and media highlights when you subscribe to our email lists! *SIGN UP HERE <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/4k5ez1b…>* [image: The University of Chicago Press] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/kd6ez1b…> [image: linkedin] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/056ez1b…> [image: facebook] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/gy7ez1b…> [image: twitter] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/wq8ez1b…> [image: instagram] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/cj9ez1b…> *Share this email:* [image: Email] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/share/outbound/e/okmrmr/kx9y…> [image: Twitter] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/share/outbound/t/okmrmr/kx9y…> [image: Facebook] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/share/outbound/f/okmrmr/kx9y…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/share/outbound/l/okmrmr/kx9y…> *Manage* <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/14112…> your preferences | *Opt out* <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/optout/okmrmr/kx9yczb?s=uSEi…> using *TrueRemove®* Got this as a forward? *Sign up* <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/14112…> to receive our future emails. View this email *online* <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/message/okmrmr/kx9yczb__;!!K…>. The University of Chicago Press | 1427 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 | United States <#m_7457319657216145761_> This email was sent to j-coopersmith(a)tamu.edu <#m_7457319657216145761_>. [image: powered by emma] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.e2ma.net/click/okmrmr/kx9yczb/sbafz1b…>

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