Computer Conservation Society

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London
20^th Feb 2025

Towards a History of British HCI

Historic Document Rescue

From time to time the Society is approached by people who have come into the possession of documents relevant to historic computers and who feel that they should “go to a good home”.

Unfortunately the Computer Conservation Society is no longer in a position to collect such material, though we can sometimes suggest a suitable home for it. If you have a need to dispose of historic material we suggest that you should first read our guide Archives and your Personal Papers.

In particular, we should stress that a list of the document titles is essential before any progress can be made.

Document Exchange within the CCS

Because CCS members use widely differing IT systems, difficulties sometimes arise when documents are sent between members. In an attempt to minimise such problems a page of guidance notes can be found here.

The web page also contains useful information for authors of articles in the CCS journal Resurrection.

News

January 2025

We have recently heard of the retirement from the BCS of Mandy Bauer who has been the member of staff responsible for supporting the work of the Computer Conservation Society. Mandy has been unfailingly supportive of the Society and has often gone above and beyond in her efforts to support us, not least in the processing of our house journal Resurrection and in helping us organise our programme of lectures. This writer has met Mandy face to face on only three occasions, but we have been (electronic) friends for the best part of 20 years.

We wish her the very best in her retirement.

News

September 2024

Congratulations too to Professor Simon Lavington late of the Universities of Manchester and Essex who has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the National Museum of Computing. The award recognises the huge contribution that he has made to the study of the history of the UK computer industry. In particular for the publication of several books documenting the stories of some of the UK computer companies which are, alas, no longer with us but whose influence persists to this day.

The CCS and TNMoC are both fortunate in being associated with such luminaries as Professor Lavington .

The Computer Conservation Society was founded in 1989 as a joint venture between the British Computer Society and the Science Museum in London. It has subsequently become closely associated with the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester and The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park.

Our primary mission is to preserve historic computers, develop awareness of the history of computing, and encourage research. We run many specialised projects, organise public lecture series, and publish a regular journal.

Membership of the society is open to all. If you would like to join the society, please click here for more information.