From nina at kth.se Thu Sep 10 09:02:34 2009 From: nina at kth.se (Nina Wormbs) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:02:34 +0200 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] About Nina Wormbs Message-ID: <4AA8F8EA.8020801@kth.se> Hi, My name is Nina Wormbs and I am new on this list. I have, however, been a member of SHOT for some time now, and I am presently serving on the Executive Council. My research interests have mainly been broadcasting infrastructure, frequency allocations and technology policy within media, but I am finding myself getting more and more interested in looking at similar issues through the lens of information technology. Right now I am working on an article on the debate on cable-TV in Sweden 1972 (in Swedish alas), which included vivid discussions on future broadband infrastructure and wired cities, in part inspired by contemporary Canadian public investigations. I am looking forward to getting to know you. /Nina Associate Professor Division for the History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. From thaigh at computer.org Thu Sep 10 15:59:13 2009 From: thaigh at computer.org (Thomas Haigh) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:59:13 -0500 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] CFP: Business History Conference, Athens (Georgia) March 2010. Deadline Oct 1, 2009. Message-ID: <003901ca3251$2c8628d0$85927a70$@org> Hello everyone, Please find below the text of the call for papers for the 2010 Business History Conference. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. March 25-27, 2010. This is the leading event of its kind, and we have organized several SIGCIS panels for it over the years. The conference attracts a mixed group (mostly from history departments and business schools) and is more open to social, labor, and cultural history perspectives than you might expect. I?m not sure if I will plan to attend or not. But if anyone else is interested let me know, and I will see if we can assemble a panel proposal. This year's theme is "The Business History of Everything," which should not be hard to accommodate. (Most proposals ignore the theme anyway). Registration charges are low (free for student BHC members), and the accommodation is under $100 a night so this is a pleasantly affordable conference. Note that the CFP also includes details on the associated doctoral colloquium. This has been a great experience for graduate students in previous years, and helps bring some new blood into the conference itself. BHC can pay at least some of the expenses for participants. There?s also a separate prize for the best dissertation and another for the best first presentation by a current or recent Ph.D. student. So if you?re a graduate student whose work could be described as business history (broadly conceived) you should definitely be readying your proposal. BHC does not have as much involvement from history of computing people as it should do. Tom Haigh www.tomandmaria.com/tom CALL FOR PAPERS (Also at http://www.thebhc.org/annmeet/call2010.html) Call for Papers "The Business History of Everything" Business history for many years was primarily associated with the study of firms and formal business institutions. Recently its scope has widened drastically to include a far greater diversity of economic institutions and practices. It is now widely accepted that Business History is not just about the history of businesses. One of the driving ideas behind the foundation of the BHC journal?Enterprise & Society?(reflected in the choice of name) was that business historians now had to grapple with much more fluid ideas of what "business" was and draw on a new range of concepts and approaches to deal with this. There are in fact a very wide range of human enterprises that can usefully be conceptualized as "businesses" (the organization of production and services for use and gain), and "business history" provides approaches and methodologies for the historical analysis of economic and social institutions that can be applied across a huge range of fields.? Work that has been primarily conceptualized in different scholarly discourses can be examined (sometimes against the grain) from a "business history" perspective, often with interesting or provocative implications. Just a few examples discussed inEnterprise & Society?in the last few years include: the marketplace of Christianity; the culture and commerce of chewing gum; intellectual property law and musical creativity; the commercial aspects of cultural practices; and business histories of murder, sport, holidays, childhood, hunger, war, retirement, sex, fraud, sickness, and beauty. However, as yet, only a limited amount of these types of studies have been fully presented directly at the annual meetings of the Business History Conference.? The Conference theme of?"The Business History of Everything"?aims to highlight the dual themes of widening the scope of business history and using its insights to re-vision many cognate areas of historical study. It also seeks to highlight the integration of the methods and practices of business history with other scholarly discourses and aims to stimulate fruitful encounters and interactions and help widen frames of reference and make kindred sub-disciplines more aware of the insights that a "business history" angle on their problems might generate. Also, in light of the current global economic crisis we would particularly welcome papers on the impact of ruptures and breakdowns, destruction and reconstruction in business history. Finally, in recognition of Barack Obama's first year as the first black President of the United States, we intend to feature a major sub-theme on race and ethnicity in business history, including a projected plenary on "African American and Ethnic Business History" and a series of related panels. Alongside this, as always, the BHC program committee will also be pleased to entertain submissions not directly related to the conference themes.? Potential presenters may submit proposals either for individual papers or for entire panels. Individual paper or poster proposals should include a one-page abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae (CV). Each panel proposal should include a cover letter stating the rationale for the session, the name of the panel's contact person, a one-page abstract and author's CV for each proposed paper (up to three), and a list of preferred chairs and commentators with contact information.? Proposals also are invited for the?Herman E. Krooss Prize?for the best dissertation in business history. The Krooss Prize Committee welcomes submissions from recent Ph.D.'s (2007-09) in history, economics, business administration, history of science and technology, law, and related fields. To participate in this competition, please indicate so in a cover letter, and include a one-page CV and one-page dissertation abstract. Semi-finalists will be asked to submit copies of their dissertation after initial review of proposals. Finalists will present summaries of their dissertations at the Athens meeting.? BHC also awards the?K. Austin Kerr Prize?for the best first paper by a Ph.D. candidate or recent Ph.D. (2007-09). If you wish to participate in this competition, please indicate so in your proposal. Proposals accepted for the Krooss Prize panel are not eligible for the Kerr Prize.? The deadline for receipt of all proposals is?1 October 2009. Notification of acceptances will be sent by?15 December 2009. Presenters will be expected to submit abstracts of their papers for posting on the BHC website. In addition, presenters are encouraged to post electronic versions of their papers prior to the meeting, and to submit their papers for inclusion in our on-line proceedings publication,Business and Economic History On-Line. The BHC also offers grants to graduate students who are presenting papers to offset some of the costs of attending the conference; an announcement of application procedures will be sent to those presenting papers at the meeting.? Please send all proposals to?BHC2010 at Hagley.org. Hard copies may be sent or faxed to: Dr. Roger Horowitz, Secretary-Treasurer, Business History Conference, P. O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807, USA. Phone: (302) 658-2400; fax: (302) 655-3188.? The program committee is: Jeff Fear (chair), University of Redlands; Sally Clarke, University of Texas; Tracey Deutsch, University of Minnesota; Robert Weems, University of Missouri; Shane Hamilton, University of Georgia; Steven Tolliday (BHC President-elect), University of Leeds.? The?Oxford Journals Doctoral Colloquium in Business History?will be held in conjunction with the 2010 BHC annual meeting. This intensive workshop, sponsored by BHC and funded by Oxford University Press, will take place at the conference venue Wednesday evening, 24 March, and Thursday, 25 March. Participants will work closely with a small, distinguished group of BHC-affiliated scholars, including at least two of its officers. The assembled scholars and students will review dissertation proposals, consider relevant literatures and research strategies, and discuss the business history profession. Limited to ten students, it is intended for doctoral candidates in the early stages of their dissertation projects. Those interested in participating should submit a statement of interest, a preliminary or final dissertation prospectus of 10-15 pages, and a CV, and must arrange for a letter of support from your dissertation supervisor (or prospective supervisor). All application materials should be sent to Roger Horowitz by?1 December 2009, via email?BHC2010 at Hagley.org?or fax 302-655-3188. All participants will receive a stipend that will partially cover costs associated with attending. The review committee will notify all applicants of its decisions by January 15. From bbatiz64 at googlemail.com Fri Sep 11 08:09:13 2009 From: bbatiz64 at googlemail.com (Bernardo Batiz-Lazo) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:13 +0100 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] PM apology after Turing petition Message-ID: Might be of interest - the article briefly highlights his contributions to computing http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8249792.stm Best Bernardo From tangjd at jmu.edu Wed Sep 16 22:03:30 2009 From: tangjd at jmu.edu (Jeffrey D. Tang) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:03:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] SIGCIS Workshop Registration Message-ID: <20090916220330.BPR65349@mpmail2.jmu.edu> Hello SIGCIS Members, SHOT's Special Interest Group in Computers, Information, and Society (SIGCIS) invites you to attend our first workshop in the history of computing to be held Sunday, October 18. The workshop, which follows the formal program of the annual meeting of SHOT in the conference hotel, has a theme of "Michael Mahoney and the Histories of Computing(s)" in honor of the late Mike Mahoney. The program is available at: http://www.sigcis.org/files/SIGCIS%202009%20Workshop%20Schedule%20--%202009-09-11.pdf Abstracts of the papers can be viewed at: http://www.sigcis.org/files/SIGCIS%202009%20Workshop%20Abstracts.pdf REGISTRATION: Registration for the SIGCIS workshop has no additional charge beyond that for the main SHOT meeting. If you want to attend the workshop and are not already listed on the workshop program as a participant simply e-mail the SIGCIS Secretary to confirm your attendance. Please send a message to Jeffrey Tang by September 21 at secretary at sigcis.org. Also include your meal preference (see below). The SIGCIS Workshop is being treated part of the SHOT meeting, so if you haven't registered for the main SHOT conference you will need to do so. If you are planning on attending ONLY the SIGCIS Workshop, SHOT is offering a very reasonable $30 one-day rate (this is ONLY available to those attending for a single day -- all others need the normal, full registration). The form for SHOT registration is at http://www.historyoftechnology.org/pdf/pittsburgh_registration.pdf but must be faxed or mailed. Note that the $30 one-day option is not listed on the form, but will be accepted if you indicate this as your preference. For those who want to make a late decision, this one-day rate will also be available on-site at the conference. MEAL ARRANGEMENTS: In addition to the workshop itself, SIGCIS will be organizing group lunch and dinner reservations on Sunday at nearby restaurants to maximize efficiency and allow participants to chat during meals. You will pay the restaurant directly, but please specify in your workshop registration whether you will be attending the lunch, the dinner, or both. Note that these meals are different than the SIGCIS lunch on Friday. Also, let us know your preference for price range and style of restaurant so that we can select an option that best suits the workshop attendees. Once restaurant choices have been finalized we will email participants again to provide more information and confirm interest. We hope to see you in October, and please register for the workshop ASAP so that we can make the necessary arrangements to help our first workshop go smoothly. Cheers, Jeffrey Tang SIGCIS Secretary *************************************** Dr. Jeffrey Tang Asst. Prof. of Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) Coordinator, Minor in Science, Technology, and Society James Madison University 800 South Main St. MSC 4102 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Phone: 540-568-2758 E-mail: tangjd at jmu.edu From petpaju at utu.fi Fri Sep 18 05:24:54 2009 From: petpaju at utu.fi (Petri Paju) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:24:54 +0300 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Future conferences in Europe Message-ID: <4AB351E6.3090903@utu.fi> Hi all, For SIGCIS purposes, I listed some future conferences you might find interesting. Best regards, Petri 1. "Cultural Histories: Close Readings, Critical Syntheses", May 26-30, 2010, Turku, Finland, Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History; http://www.abdn.ac.uk/isch/ The deadline for abstracts is 30 October 2009. 2. "Technology & East-West relations: Transfers, parallel histories, and the European laboratory," June 17-20, 2010 at Sofia University (Bulgaria). -Closing ESF EUROCORES Inventing Europe Conference & 4th Tensions of Europe Plenary Conference. - Deadline paper abstracts: December 18, 2009 3. ICOHTEC conference REUSING THE INDUSTRIAL PAST, Tampere, Finland, 10-15 August 2010. See http://www.tampere.fi/industrialpast2010/ The final deadline for all submissions is Monday 16 November 2009. 4. EASST Conference, PRACTISING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PERFORMING THE SOCIAL, 2-4 September 2010 University of Trento, Italy (Now: Call for convenors and thematic tracks) Many deadlines, incl. March 15 (2010): deadline for abstracts submission. http://www.easst.net/node/2326 From bbatiz64 at googlemail.com Sun Sep 20 13:11:03 2009 From: bbatiz64 at googlemail.com (Bernardo Batiz-Lazo) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:11:03 +0100 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] the global computer industry Message-ID: Might be of interest Bernardo University of Leicester Technology adoption and factor proportions in open economies : theory and evidence from the global computer industry Date: 2009-09-01 By: Cusolito , Ana P. Lederman, Daniel URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:5043&r=his Theories of international trade assume that all countries use similar and exogenous technologies in the production of any good. This paper relaxes this assumption. The marriage of literatures on biased technical change and trade yields a tractable theory, which predicts that differences in factor endowments and intellectual property rights bias technical change toward particular factor intensities, and thus unit factor input requirements can vary across economies. Using data on net exports of a single industry, computers, intellectual property rights and factor endowments for 73 countries during 1980-2000, the paper shows that once technological choices are considered, countries with different factor endowments can become net exporters of the same product. Keywords: Technology Industry,Economic Theory&Research,ICT Policy and Strategies,E-Business,Labor Policies From thaigh at computer.org Thu Sep 24 16:23:12 2009 From: thaigh at computer.org (Thomas Haigh) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:23:12 -0500 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] I'm coming up for tenure... letters? Message-ID: <006f01ca3d54$d7e5a8a0$87b0f9e0$@org> Hello Everyone, I'm coming up for tenure at UWM this semester in the school of information studies (http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/) . My office is currently knee deep in papers as I get my file together. External reviews should already have received packets for evaluation, and the school's internal committee will do its reviewing in about a month's time. One of the things we are asked to do is gather evidence of a lot of things, including service and the impact of research. This can take the form of letters of recommendation. SIGCIS is the community I've done most of my service with, if any of you happen to be willing to write a letter in documentation of the usefulness of my work here to your own involvement in the field then I would appreciate this. I'm thinking of things like the conference panels, resource guide, lunch meetings, dinners, members directory, email list, etc. (Of course I've had a lot of help from the other SIGCIS volunteers in implementing these). Likewise, if you have found any of my published research useful in shaping your own thinking, providing facts, or for teaching purposes then a short statement of recommendation explaining this would be very welcome. Or if you've found my comments or guidance helpful at some point. These letters are not anonymous and do have to attempt an evaluation of my overall case as those from the official external reviewers do. Therefore it is fine just to send them to me. But in the letter itself, maybe use "Dear Dr. Zhang" (the chair of the SOIS executive committee) as the addressee -- it would seem a little weird to be writing to me to tell me how great I am. The file has to be submitted on paper. My postal address here is Thomas Haigh, UWM School of Information Studies, Bolton Hall 5th Floor, 3210 N Maryland Ave Milwaukee, WI 53211. However, if you send the letter as an attachment, scanned PDF, etc. to thaigh at computer.org then I can print it out myself. Pardon any presumption. This seemed less intrusive than making individual requests, which then could create awkwardness or a feeling of obligation. I am looking forward to seeing many of you at the SHOT conference and SIGCIS workshop next month. If you have any announcements of your own (new books, papers, resources discovered, etc) then please do share them with the list. Tom Haigh www.tomandmaria.com/tom From thaigh at computer.org Mon Sep 28 13:00:25 2009 From: thaigh at computer.org (Thomas Haigh) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:00:25 -0500 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] CFP for Colloqium on European information history 1880-1913, Mons, 20-21 May 2010 Message-ID: <004701ca405d$2d587af0$880970d0$@org> The announcement below may be of interest to people working on 19th century information technologies or those conveniently located for travel to Belgium. It is coming from a separate stream of historical work on what's been called "history of information science" and is increasingly being dubbed "information history" conducted almost exclusively by people inside schools of library and information science. The CFP seems to be written to welcome STS perspectives. Most work has been unashamedly internalist, although the positive side of that is that the scholarship of librarianship traditionally included space for historical work (which unfortunately seems to be getting squeezed out a little in the rush to make things called "iSchools"). Efforts to integrate our two communities seem overdue. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Boyd Rayward [mailto:wrayward at illinois.edu] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:15 AM To: Kathryn La Barre; Thomas Haigh; Michael Buckland; Trudi Bellardo Hahn; Julian Warner; wrayward at uiuc.edu; bobwill at gwm.sc.edu; furner at gseis.ucla.edu; adebons at mail.sis.pitt.edu; thomas.haigh at gmail.com Subject: Re: SIG/HFIS and the Mons Colloquium: Transcending Boundaries Dear colleagues, Stephanie Manfroid and I are organising the next in a series of colloquia that began with Architecture of Knoweldge in Mons 2002, was followed by European Modernism at the University of Illinois in 2005 and Analogous Spaces at the University of Ghent last year. The colloquia all deal with aspects of knowedge organization and have had an historical orientation. Their details are on the website given below. I thought you might be interested to learn of the next in the series which we are organizing for May 20-21 next year. We are calling it: Transcending Boundaries in Europe in the Period of the Belle Epoque: Organizing Knowledge, Mobilizing Networks, and Effecting Social Change. We would like to ask you to consider participating in the colloquium in two ways: 1. by sending us an abstract of a paper (of course!) and 2. by helping to publicise the colloquium by distributing the call for papers. Do we have a SIG/HFIS mailing list for example? I thought too that you might think of various colleagues who you think might be interested and perhaps other listsevs and bulletin boards that might be appropriate. So many of our US colleagues are interested in aspects of LIS history that connect to Europe in various ways and of course there are all sorts of New World boundaries to be transcended in the context of the collqouium. Anything you can do to help get the word out about the collqouium and indeed to participate would be greatly appreciated. With many thanks and best wishes Boyd and Stephanie ------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Transcending Boundaries in Europe in the Period of the Belle Epoque: Organizing Knowledge, Mobilizing Networks, and Effecting Social Change -A colloquium to be held at the Mundaneum, Mons, 20-21 May 2010 Papers for the colloquium will explore aspects of network development, information creation, organization and exchange, and related ?boundary spanning? activities of individuals and institutions and the scholarly tools and techniques that this enabled them to develop during the period of the ?Belle ?poque? in which the Western European world underwent extensive social, political and ?epistemic? change from approximately 1880 to 1914. Those interested in submitting papers for the colloquium are asked to submit an abstract of not more than 500 words by January 31, 2010. Abstracts may be in French or English and will be refereed. Authors will be notified by of the outcome of this process by February 28, 2010. Accepted papers must be delivered at the Colloquium in English. For further information see ENGLISH: http://www.mundaneum.be/index.asp?ID=621 FRENCH:http://www.mundaneum.be/index.asp?ID=616 Enquiries should be sent to: W Boyd Rayward -- wrayward at illinois.edu Stephanie Manfroid -- stephanie.manfroid at mundaneum.be) W. Boyd Rayward Professor Emeritus Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel St Champaign, IL 61820-6211 ph: 217 - 244- 9741 fax: 217 244 -3302 From jwcorta at us.ibm.com Tue Sep 29 13:07:12 2009 From: jwcorta at us.ibm.com (James Cortada) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:07:12 -0500 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] A Favor to Each Other In-Reply-To: <63484.62.158.101.233.1244540136.squirrel@mail.deutsches-museum.de> References: <000001c9838d$850fea90$0301a8c0@evan> <498489AC.3020204@umn.edu> <8bc235380901311249u26f384ccyd77b7f1347384378@mail.gmail.com> <153B413D3A9E054784CC218A3E719A51A65F12@kwek.ic.uva.nl> <63484.62.158.101.233.1244540136.squirrel@mail.deutsches-museum.de> Message-ID: Over the past 2 years I have been acquiring books and other publications concerning the history of ICT from around the world, not just about the USA, GB, and Japan as many of us have already done. And in the process have had enormous difficulty in finding materials for all the usual reasons: lack of bibliographies, lack of ISBN numbers, ignorance about which book dealers to go to etc. When I find materials, it is often by accident--clearly not a good way to gather materials. It seems that every time I go to a new country on business, I discover materials that are not listed in the normal places; recently while in Switzerland, I came across a book on the history of IT in Swiss railroads, another on Swiss banking, and heard of a book being published later this year on the history of Swiss ICT. I would like to ask my colleagues if we each could share with everyone else the names, addresses, and Internet location of the book stores in your country that you find the most reliable for purchasing old and new materials on the history of ICT. I would be happy with one per country where, for example, if I wanted all the key works on Finish or Polish computing I could reach out to a book dealer, knowing that he or she would find most if not all the materials. One per country would be fantastic. And if we could collect enough names, perhaps we could find a place to keep the list, such as at the CBI website. All of Europe, Latin America and Asia need to be covered, regardless in what languages publications appear. As an example of the problem, we all are familiar with Simon Nora and Alain Minc's 1978 report to the French Government on ICT; the one volume was translated into English by MIT, and it also appeared in Spanish and German. But I could not find the full set of 5 volumes that the French government published originally here in the US or in by chance visiting book shops in Paris until one day by accident I found the full set and in reading that set, I uncovered a considerable amount of useful information about ICT in countries not discussed in the one volume summary that everyone has seen. These kinds of materials have to be rescued, and used. I feel a sense of urgency about this because I am now focusing on the global history of ICT and find that the American university libraries are missing a great many items and they are not showing up in the usual Internet websites, such as abebooks.com, Alibris, etc. in sufficient amounts. So I have to build my own collection. Furthermore, I would like to build up a nice collection that, when I am finished with my research, I can donate to CBI., Thanks in advance for your help to me and to each other, Dr. Jim (James) W. Cortada IBM Institute for Business Value 2917 Irvington Way Madison, WI 53713 USA jwcorta at us.ibm.com 608-270-4462 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20090929/2e50fae5/attachment.html From chigusa.kita at nifty.ne.jp Tue Sep 29 13:22:18 2009 From: chigusa.kita at nifty.ne.jp (Chigusa Kita) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:22:18 -0700 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] A Favor to Each Other In-Reply-To: References: <000001c9838d$850fea90$0301a8c0@evan> <498489AC.3020204@umn.edu> <8bc235380901311249u26f384ccyd77b7f1347384378@mail.gmail.com> <153B413D3A9E054784CC218A3E719A51A65F12@kwek.ic.uva.nl> <63484.62.158.101.233.1244540136.squirrel@mail.deutsches-museum.de> Message-ID: <7144adca0909291022j30e3f2cdk947b28045e5fd694@mail.gmail.com> Hello All, As Jim said, Japanese material would not be rare enough, there is a web book store in which many small book stores are participated. You should use this site using Japanese, but it may be of your help: http://www.kosho.or.jp/ Its title is Nihon-no-Furuhon-ya, meaning Japanese Used Book Dealers. If other Japanese researchers on the list have another idea, please make another recommendation. I am happy to discuss with you on this matter to decide which is the best one to offer for Jim, because he needs one per each country. Chigusa Kita 2009/9/29 James Cortada : > Over the past 2 years I have been acquiring books and other publications > concerning the history of ICT from around the world, not just about the USA, > GB, and Japan as many of us have already done. And in the process have had > enormous difficulty in finding materials for all the usual reasons: lack of > bibliographies, lack of ISBN numbers, ignorance about which book dealers to > go to etc. When I find materials, it is often by accident--clearly not a > good way to gather materials. It seems that every time I go to a new country > on business, I discover materials that are not listed in the normal places; > recently while in Switzerland, I came across a book on the history of IT in > Swiss railroads, another on Swiss banking, and heard of a book being > published later this year on the history of Swiss ICT. > > I would like to ask my colleagues if we each could share with everyone else > the names, addresses, and Internet location of the book stores in your > country that you find the most reliable for purchasing old and new materials > on the history of ICT. I would be happy with one per country where, for > example, if I wanted all the key works on Finish or Polish computing I could > reach out to a book dealer, knowing that he or she would find most if not > all the materials. One per country would be fantastic. And if we could > collect enough names, perhaps we could find a place to keep the list, such > as at the CBI website. All of Europe, Latin America and Asia need to be > covered, regardless in what languages publications appear. > > As an example of the problem, we all are familiar with Simon Nora and Alain > Minc's 1978 report to the French Government on ICT; the one volume was > translated into English by MIT, and it also appeared in Spanish and German. > But I could not find the full set of 5 volumes that the French government > published originally here in the US or in by chance visiting book shops in > Paris until one day by accident I found the full set and in reading that > set, I uncovered a considerable amount of useful information about ICT in > countries not discussed in the one volume summary that everyone has seen. > These kinds of materials have to be rescued, and used. > > I feel a sense of urgency about this because I am now focusing on the global > history of ICT and find that the American university libraries are missing a > great many items and they are not showing up in the usual Internet websites, > such as abebooks.com, Alibris, etc. in sufficient amounts. So I have to > build my own collection. Furthermore, I would like to build up a nice > collection that, when I am finished with my research, I can donate to CBI. > > Thanks in advance for your help to me and to each other, > > > Dr. Jim (James) W. Cortada > IBM Institute for Business Value > 2917 Irvington Way > Madison, WI 53713 USA > jwcorta at us.ibm.com > 608-270-4462 > > _______________________________________________ > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of > SHOT SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ > and you can change your subscription options at > http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members > From christine.finn at gmail.com Tue Sep 29 13:56:36 2009 From: christine.finn at gmail.com (Christine Finn) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:56:36 +0100 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] A Favor to Each Other In-Reply-To: <7144adca0909291022j30e3f2cdk947b28045e5fd694@mail.gmail.com> References: <000001c9838d$850fea90$0301a8c0@evan> <498489AC.3020204@umn.edu> <8bc235380901311249u26f384ccyd77b7f1347384378@mail.gmail.com> <153B413D3A9E054784CC218A3E719A51A65F12@kwek.ic.uva.nl> <63484.62.158.101.233.1244540136.squirrel@mail.deutsches-museum.de> <7144adca0909291022j30e3f2cdk947b28045e5fd694@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2aab373f0909291056n6627899es8372ec59e2b33f0e@mail.gmail.com> Hi James, members, You'll need to be quick at remainder bookstores. Your best bet might be charity bookshops such as Oxfam in the UK... My own 'Artifacts: an archaeologist's year in Silicon Valley' (MIT Press 2001/2002) was remaindered quite early on because of slow sales. Now retro tech is the next-big-thing in the UK, and I'm talking about it again, but when I checked with MIT Press what could be used for promotion I discovered they'd pulped what was left in the warehouse. Now that's what I call obselete! It's still in print, tho' .... and I'll keep working that seam! Christine Finn 2009/9/29 Chigusa Kita > Hello All, > > As Jim said, Japanese material would not be rare enough, there is a > web book store in which many small book stores are participated. > > You should use this site using Japanese, but it may be of your help: > > http://www.kosho.or.jp/ > > Its title is Nihon-no-Furuhon-ya, meaning Japanese Used Book Dealers. > If other Japanese researchers on the list have another idea, please > make another recommendation. I am happy to discuss with you on this > matter to decide which is the best one to offer for Jim, because he > needs one per each country. > > Chigusa Kita > > 2009/9/29 James Cortada : > > Over the past 2 years I have been acquiring books and other publications > > concerning the history of ICT from around the world, not just about the > USA, > > GB, and Japan as many of us have already done. And in the process have > had > > enormous difficulty in finding materials for all the usual reasons: lack > of > > bibliographies, lack of ISBN numbers, ignorance about which book dealers > to > > go to etc. When I find materials, it is often by accident--clearly not a > > good way to gather materials. It seems that every time I go to a new > country > > on business, I discover materials that are not listed in the normal > places; > > recently while in Switzerland, I came across a book on the history of IT > in > > Swiss railroads, another on Swiss banking, and heard of a book being > > published later this year on the history of Swiss ICT. > > > > I would like to ask my colleagues if we each could share with everyone > else > > the names, addresses, and Internet location of the book stores in your > > country that you find the most reliable for purchasing old and new > materials > > on the history of ICT. I would be happy with one per country where, for > > example, if I wanted all the key works on Finish or Polish computing I > could > > reach out to a book dealer, knowing that he or she would find most if not > > all the materials. One per country would be fantastic. And if we could > > collect enough names, perhaps we could find a place to keep the list, > such > > as at the CBI website. All of Europe, Latin America and Asia need to be > > covered, regardless in what languages publications appear. > > > > As an example of the problem, we all are familiar with Simon Nora and > Alain > > Minc's 1978 report to the French Government on ICT; the one volume was > > translated into English by MIT, and it also appeared in Spanish and > German. > > But I could not find the full set of 5 volumes that the French government > > published originally here in the US or in by chance visiting book shops > in > > Paris until one day by accident I found the full set and in reading that > > set, I uncovered a considerable amount of useful information about ICT in > > countries not discussed in the one volume summary that everyone has seen. > > These kinds of materials have to be rescued, and used. > > > > I feel a sense of urgency about this because I am now focusing on the > global > > history of ICT and find that the American university libraries are > missing a > > great many items and they are not showing up in the usual Internet > websites, > > such as abebooks.com, Alibris, etc. in sufficient amounts. So I have to > > build my own collection. Furthermore, I would like to build up a nice > > collection that, when I am finished with my research, I can donate to > CBI. > > > > Thanks in advance for your help to me and to each other, > > > > > > Dr. Jim (James) W. Cortada > > IBM Institute for Business Value > > 2917 Irvington Way > > Madison, WI 53713 USA > > jwcorta at us.ibm.com > > 608-270-4462 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list > of > > SHOT SIGCIS. The list archives are at > http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ > > and you can change your subscription options at > > http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members > > > _______________________________________________ > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list > of SHOT SIGCIS. 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