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Department of Information and Computer Science records (University of California, Irvine)
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: University of California, Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science records
Creator:
Bork, Alfred M.
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. Department of Information and Computer Science
Identifier/Call Number: AS.043
Physical Description:
2.2 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1965-1984
Abstract: This collection consists of records documenting the University of California, Irvine's computer systems, facilities, and programs
from 1965-1984. It includes information about UCI's early technology efforts and the Physics Computer Development Project,
as well as manuals, user guides, and articles by faculty members.
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold
the copyright. For information on use, copyright, and attribution, please visit: http://special.lib.uci.edu/using/publishing.html
University of California, Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Sciences records. AS-043. Special Collections and
Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Transferred from unknown source in 1982.
Processed by Laura Uglean Jackson, 2014.
Upon processing this collection in 2014, the material was found to have been item-foldered, labeled, and arranged chronologically.
Because it appeared an archivist did this work after acquisition (and was not the original order by the creator), the collection
was rearranged into series and only Series 1 was processed to the folder level. Should this collection need more intensive
processing in the future, I would recommend listing the folders alphabetically rather than chronologically.
The Department of Information and Computer Science began in 1966 as the Program in Information and Communication Science and
was one of the earliest departments of its kind in the country. Since the department's founding, there was an emphasis on
using the computer in teaching and instruction. As an example, the Physics Computer Development Project, begun in 1969, was
a National Science Foundation supported initiative to identify areas where the computer might yield significant advances in
the teaching of physics. The program tested computer programs and strategies in formal courses with students. From the 1960s-1970s,
the department was involved with computing for campus-wide administrative and research purposes, although to a lesser degree
than instruction. Computers were available for use by students since UCI's founding in 1965. The number of computers and quality
of technology grew steadily throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of records documenting the University of California, Irvine's computer systems, facilities, and programs
from 1965-1984. It contains information on early uses of the computer in instruction, notably in the field of physics through
the Physics Computer Development Project. Information about this project was largely written by Alfred Bork. The collection
also includes documents about UCI's early technology efforts through campus-wide technology plans, research and partnership
proposals, and guides for using the UCI Computing Facility. The bulk of the collection consists of manuals and user guides
for a variety of operating systems, hardware, and computer languages employed at the UCI campus. In addition, there are articles
and papers about UCI's computing operations by UCI faculty.
This collection is arranged in four series. Series 1 is arranged alphabetically and described at the folder level. All other
series are described at the series level.
- Series 1. Computer Technology History, 1965-1982, 0.4 linear feet
- Series 2. Physics Computer Development Project, 1968-1977, 0.3 linear feet
- Series 3. Computer Manuals and User Guides, 1966-1984, 1.2 linear feet
- Series 4. Articles and Papers by Faculty, 1971-1983, 0.3 linear feet
Related materials are found in the following collections:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Physics -- Computer-assisted instruction
Computers -- California -- Irvine -- History -- Sources.
Educational technology -- California -- Irvine
University of California, Irvine. Department of Information and Computer Science -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Archives