Organizing the History of Computing: 'Lessons Learned' at the Charles Babbage Institute

Thomas J. Misa

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03757-3_1

Organizing the History of Computing: 'Lessons Learned' at the Charles Babbage Institute

Thomas J. Misa

Charles Babbage Institute

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This paper tries to distill some of the 'lessons learned' from the Charles Babbage Institute's quarter-century experience (1980-present) in organizing the history of computing. It draws on the author's (recent) experience as CBI director; conversations with Arthur Norberg, CBI's long-time founding director; and papers delivered at a special symposium appraising CBI's role in computing history, which appeared in the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 29 no. 4 (October-December 2007).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	History of Nordic Computing 2 - Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC2 2007, Revised Selected Papers
Pages	1-12
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03757-3_1
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
Event	2nd IFIP WG 9.7 Conference on History of Nordic Computing, HiNC2 2007 - Turku, Finland Duration: Aug 21 2007 → Aug 23 2007

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Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	303
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238

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Other	2nd IFIP WG 9.7 Conference on History of Nordic Computing, HiNC2 2007
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Turku
Period	8/21/07 → 8/23/07

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Charles Babbage Institute
archiving practices
electronic documentation
history of computing
oral history

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Organizing the History of Computing: 'Lessons Learned' at the Charles Babbage Institute. / Misa, Thomas J.
History of Nordic Computing 2 - Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC2 2007, Revised Selected Papers. 2008. p. 1-12 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 303).

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Misa, TJ 2008, Organizing the History of Computing: 'Lessons Learned' at the Charles Babbage Institute. in History of Nordic Computing 2 - Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC2 2007, Revised Selected Papers. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 303, pp. 1-12, 2nd IFIP WG 9.7 Conference on History of Nordic Computing, HiNC2 2007, Turku, Finland, 8/21/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03757-3_1

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