I'm not sure how well this excellent private initiative is known in the community: Archives for IT (AIT) http://archivesit.org.uk The Archives for IT is a digital database of media and interviews with people associated with the UK IT and Telecommunications industry. In addition to providing source material for interested professional and amateur scholars and students, the project hopes to enlarge the social and industrial history of the UK. The Archive is people-centred because it observes that people are very interested in other people and what they do and how they do it. There is an opportunity to study and understand some fascinating testimonies, both for their educational value and personal fulfilment. It should be added to the SIGCIS Resources (History of Computing in the UK: A Resource Guide). John V Tucker History of Computing Collection Swansea University
Dear John, Thanks a lot for posting this, this is really an excellent initiative I didn't know anything about. It's really worth signing up - then one gets access to the complete interview transcripts, such as the fascinating interview with Chris Curry. Do you know whether it is planned to scan and put up more industry weeklies? There are some that are really underrepresented in the libraries, such as "Computer Trade Weekly", the 1980s issues of which are not even available at the British Library. All the best, Gleb Am 03.04.2019 um 02:00 schrieb Tucker J.V.:
I'm not sure how well this excellent private initiative is known in the community:
***Archives for IT (AIT)*
The Archives for IT is a digital database of media and interviews with people associated with the UK IT and Telecommunications industry. In addition to providing source material for interested professional and amateur scholars and students, the project hopes to enlarge the social and industrial history of the UK.
The Archive is people-centred because it observes that people are very interested in other people and what they do and how they do it. There is an opportunity to study and understand some fascinating testimonies, both for their educational value and personal fulfilment.
It should be added to the SIGCIS Resources (History of Computing in the UK: A Resource Guide).
-- Dr. Gleb J. Albert Historisches Seminar, Universität Zürich Forschergruppe "Medien und Mimesis" Universität Zürich Historisches Seminar Culmannstr. 1 CH-8006 Zürich Switzerland Tel. +41-446346187 <http://uzh.academia.edu/GlebJAlbert> <http://www.fg-mimesis.de> Review editor: H-Soz-Kult, review team "History of Knowledge" - <http://www.hsozkult.de>
Hi John, cc the list I hadn't come across this one myself, so many thanks for the details. The interviews are an excellent resource. And I'd second Gleb's question about industry publications. There's now good digital coverage of parts of the personal computer press, thanks largely to enthusiasts, and it would be really useful to have similar coverage for the industry and for earlier years. As to SIGCIS's UK resource guide: I compiled this about ten years ago and it's due a thorough overhaul – there are various things I wouldn't present in the same way if I were writing it now, and of course the literature has grown a lot. Although I'm no longer on the SIGCIS committee, I'd be happy in principle to overhaul it, but realistically I'm not going to have time in the near future. Is anybody else interested in taking this on? Best James On 03/04/2019 01:00, Tucker J.V. wrote:
I'm not sure how well this excellent private initiative is known in the community:
*Archives for IT (AIT)*
The Archives for IT is a digital database of media and interviews with people associated with the UK IT and Telecommunications industry. In addition to providing source material for interested professional and amateur scholars and students, the project hopes to enlarge the social and industrial history of the UK.
The Archive is people-centred because it observes that people are very interested in other people and what they do and how they do it. There is an opportunity to study and understand some fascinating testimonies, both for their educational value and personal fulfilment.
It should be added to the SIGCIS Resources (History of Computing in the UK: A Resource Guide).
John V Tucker
History of Computing Collection
Swansea University
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