Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference, Judi Clark collection, 1991-1997

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Summary

Title:
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference papers, Judi Clark collection
Dates:
1991-1997
Creators:
Clark, Judi
Abstract:
Conference proceedings in print, audio, and video formats with related files kept by Judi Clark, organizer of the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conferences held during the early 1990s in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Extent:
5.1 Linear Feet (9 boxes: 6 manuscript boxes, 2 record cartons, and 1 half-manuscript box) and 1.61 gigabyte(s) 2 3.5" floppy disks; 4 CD-ROMs
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference papers, Judi Clark collection (M1040). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes published conference proceedings in print, audio, and video formats for the first three conferences held during the 1990s; and supplemental conference materials including position papers submitted by speakers and presentations given by companies on developing strategies for an Internet presence. Additional audio recordings are of sessions from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Freedom, Privacy and Technology Special Interest Group. The collection also includes publications and reference materials from professional groups and meetings held on topics and issues related to online networking and communication.

Computer media in this collection includes 2 3.5" floppy disks and 4 CD-ROMs, and are located in Series 1: Annual conferences. The content on the floppy disks include planning materials for the 1994 and 1995 conferences, including conference attendee address lists, schedules, speaker bios, session introductions, and presentations (1995). CD-ROMs are commerical software products for Apple, Linux, and Dicksons (1990s) likely used for conference development purposes.

Biographical / historical:

Judi Clark was one of the organizers of the annual conference of Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP), which started in 1991. The impulse behind the first meeting was computer specialist, Jim Warren (1936-2021) with the support of San Francisco-based organization, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR). The conference's discussion panels centered around the public and private usage of the early network computing and the nascent World Wide Web. Conference presentation topics included freedom of speech protections, security of personal data stored by private companies, government regulation and technology, and cultivating civility on Internet bulletin boards.

Conferences were primarily held in the San Francisco Bay Area and speakers included computer scientists, legal scholars, information technologists, free speech advocates, and cyber security experts. Among them were Judith Krug, a former director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association; Marc Rotenberg co-founder of the Electronic Privacy Information Center; Bruce Sterling, a founder of the cyberpunk movement; and John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The CFP officially dissolved in 2000, and conferences continued under the sponsorship of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) until at least 2015.

Acquisition information:
This collection was given by Judi Clark to Stanford University, Special Collections in 1999.
Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged three business days in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Chris Doan
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-29 14:35:06 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research, with the exception of born-digital materials, which are closed until processed. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Digital files are closed until processed.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference papers, Judi Clark collection (M1040). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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