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On Jan 4, 2024, at 11:13 AM, Pierre Mounier-Kuhn via Members
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a lot, Gerard, for these excellent news – Bill Aspray's new book,
which provides an original microhistorical approach, and the
SpringerBriefs in History of Computing, which will certainly attract
many authors and readers among us and beyond.</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>

</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>So,
"an Aspray for the new year" indeed, and many good wishes to all!</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>

</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>Pierre
Mounier-Kuhn</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>



<bold>De: </bold>"Gerard Alberts via Members"
<<members@lists.sigcis.org>

<bold>À: </bold>"members" <<members@sigcis.org>

<bold>Envoyé: </bold>Jeudi 4 Janvier 2024 15:47:19

<bold>Objet: </bold>[SIGCIS-Members] Understanding information
history: an Aspray for the new year


</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Calibri</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>Readers
of this list might be interested to know that the
</bigger></bigger></color><underline><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger>history
of computing
series</bigger></bigger></color></underline><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger> I
edit, gives authors the chance to write shorter manuscripts called
</bigger></bigger></color><underline><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger>SpringerBriefs
in History of
Computing</bigger></bigger></color></underline><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>.
They are published more quickly than a full-length manuscript and are
available to readers in both printed and electronic form. The briefs
format is open to trying your novel ideas: essays in the true sense of
the word.


We have just published a SpringerBrief (98 pp.) by Bill Aspray,
entitled </bigger></bigger></color><italic><underline><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger>Understanding
Information History: The Case of America in
1920</bigger></bigger></color></underline></italic><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>. 

Scholars have been writing about information history for approximately
25 years, about half as long as our tradition of scholarly writing
about computer history. There is still discussion underway of the
nature and scope of information history, and this brief book provides
a heavily illustrated case study. The book retells the history of the
United States in 1920 from an information perspective. It provides an
alternative, information-oriented account of commonly told stories
about farming, government administration, the Spanish Flu pandemic,
and Prohibition. It points the reader to the history of a number of
information-oriented institutions and activities that the traditional
histories only occasionally cover: the print media, libraries, public
and higher education, advertising, scientific research institutions,
management consulting, financial services industries, office
appliances, and communications technologies. It then examines academic
efforts to “discipline information” drawn from the precursor areas of
computer science and information science. A final theory chapter
discusses what one can learn from this case study about the nature and
scope of information history. The book is intentionally written to be
easy to assign to students or serve as the basis for lecture notes and
illustrations.


Thus, we recommend for all students of information history: an Aspray
for the new year.

Best wishes,

Gerard 

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Book series
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