Sources for ACM history: what, where, why

ABSTRACT

ACM has developed a rich and varied history over its first six decades. Preserving that history in an open and plentiful archive is key to helping future historians tell the ACM story.

REFERENCES

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.2 HISTORY OF COMPUTING

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.6 Library Automation

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.1 THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY
  K.7 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION
      K.7.2 Organizations