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Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference, Judi Clark collection
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English
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference papers, Judi Clark collection
Identifier/Call Number: M1040
Physical Description:
5.1 Linear Feet
(9 boxes: 6 manuscript boxes, 2 record cartons, and 1 half-manuscript box)
Physical Description:
1.61 gigabyte(s)
2 3.5" floppy disks; 4 CD-ROMs
Date (inclusive): 1991-1997
Abstract: Conference proceedings in print, audio, and video formats with related files kept by Judi Clark, organizer of the Computers,
Freedom and Privacy conferences that were held during the early 1990s in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was given by Judi Clark to Stanford University, Special Collections in 1999.
Judi Clark was an organizer 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 featured panel discussions centered around the public
and private usage of the Internet including 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.
[identification of item], Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference papers, Judi Clark collection (M1040). Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Warren, Jim (James R.)
Rotenberg, Marc
Sterling, Bruce
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Data protection--Law and legislation--United States
Privacy, Right of
Computer crimes
Computer industry.
Science -- History.