Hello Everyone, Over the summer we've been working hard to get the SIGCIS website tidied up, including some work behind to scenes to migrate to the latest version of the Drupal content management system. So you'll notice a slightly different look at www.sigcis.org. We're also making a push to expand and update some of the content areas. As well as getting the Member Contributions area up and running this includes spring cleaning the Syllabus Repository: http://www.sigcis.org/syllabi. This is intended as a central resource for classes dealing with all aspects of the history of computing. One priority is to make this a true repository, not just a page of links. As you're well aware, links can decay very rapidly. This is particularly true for syllabi. In addition an ever greater proportion of syllabi are hidden inside course management systems and so nobody can see them in the first place. We've already fixed some broken links, and are working with the creators of some of the currently listed syllabi to move from just linking to them to holding a local copy. This work is still in progress, so look for more improvements soon at. If you previously sent material to Joe November but have not heard from us in the last month (and do not see it posted) then please accept my apologies and send it again as explained below. We're now ready to put out a call for new and better syllabi. Please send them to my Ph.D. student assistant, Edward Benoit at eabenoit@gmail.com. Ed can work with you to get them into shape and he will handle the uploading. However please send them in the next week or two, as Ed's research assistanceship will be finishing at the end of this month. Guidelines: . We prefer to receive syllabi as a single attached .PDF or MS Word file as they will be posted as one document. Include as much detail as you feel comfortable sharing - discussion questions, readings, notes, etc are all welcome as well as a simple list of dates and topics. However if necessary Ed can handle the job of consolidating several files down into a single syllabus. . If the syllabus is currently available online please include a URL as well as the attached archival version. . Please include in the email an explicit permission to us to post the syllabus online at www.sigcis.org. We will accept this in good faith, but of course will comply with the relevant provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act if contacted by an institution claiming to hold copyright over your syllabus and asking us to remove it. . If you are not willing to have us host the syllabus at www.sigcis.org we would still be happy to link to it instead. But as mentioned above, our experience is that links are much less useful. Best wishes, Tom Haigh www.tomandmaria.com/tom