Guide to the University of California, Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science records AS.043
Finding aid prepared by Anne Nguyen, 2012; updated by Laura Uglean Jackson, 2014.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2014
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
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
.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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
Preferred Citation
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.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from unknown source in 1982.
Processing History
Processed by Laura Uglean Jackson, 2014.
Processing Note
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.
Historical Background
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.
Collection Arrangement
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 Collections
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
Computer technology history Series 1.
1965-1982
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains information on the university's general computer technology history. It includes documents from the UCI
Computing Facility such as program abstract, computing guide, catalog of available technology, and activites report. It also
contains campus-wide computing plans, reports from the partnership between IBM and UCI and syllabi for computer engineering
courses.
box 1, folder 1
Computer Systems and the University of California, Irvine
1965
box 1, folder 2
Computing Plan Update
1979
box 1, folder 3
The IrvineNet: An NSF-CER Proposal form UC Irvine
1982
box 1, folder 4-5
Joint Quarterly Report UCI-IBM Educational Applications Project
1967
box 1, folder 6
A Proposal for Support of the UCI Program in Computer-Aided Instruction and Information Technology
1965
box 1, folder 7
A Research and Educational Center Devoted to the History of Information Processing
1980
box 1, folder 8
School of Engineering, EE 140: An Introduction to Control System Workbook
1981
box 1, folder 9
School of Engineering, Engineering 10: Computational Methods in Engineering
1982
box 1, folder 10
UCI Computer Facility Activities Report
1966
box 1, folder 11
UCI Computing Facility Campus-Wide Computing Plan
1977
box 1, folder 12
UCI Computing Facility Catalog
1974
box 1, folder 13
UCI Computing Facility Computing Guide
1973-1974
box 1, folder 14
UCI Computing Facility Computing Guide
1974-1975
box 1, folder 15-16
UCI Computing Facility - Getting Personal with Computing, Seminar Notes
undated
box 2, folder 1
UCI Computing Facility - Getting Personal with Computing, Seminar Notes
undated
box 2, folder 2
UCI Computing Facility - Program Abstract
1974
box 2, folder 3
UCI Computing Facility - So You Want to Use the Computer
1966
box 2, folder 4-47
Physics computer development project Series 2.
1968-1977
Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains information about the Physics Computer Development Project, a UCI program supported by the National Science
Foundation to search out areas where the computer might yield significant advances in the teaching of physics. It contains
numerous papers about the program written by Alfred Bork, a lead professor for this project. There are also course materials
written by Bork and his colleagues.
box 4, folder 1-17, box 5, folder 1-9, box 2, folder 48-51, box 3, folder 1-18
Computer manuals and user guides Series 3.
1966-1984
Physical Description: 1.2 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains manuals and user guides for computers, systems, and languages used at UCI.
box 5, folder 10-19, box 6, folder 1-22
Articles and papers by faculty Series 4.
1971-1983
Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains published articles and papers by UCI faculty members working with computers.
