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
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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
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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
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From: members-bounces@sigcis.org on behalf of James Cortada Sent: Sun 7-6-2009 18:30 To: Thomas Haigh Cc: members-bounces@sigcis.org; members@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@us.ibm.com 608-270-4462
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