Making the History of Computing Relevant

1. Front Matter

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2. The Importance of Storytelling in Museums

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Exhibiting the Online World: A Case Study

      • Marc Weber

      Pages 3-24

   3. Narratives in the History of Computing: Constructing the Information Age Gallery at the Science Museum

      • Tilly Blyth

      Pages 25-34

   4. Making History Relevant through the Provision of Education, Stories and Interactive Experiences

      • Arthur Tatnall, Bill Davey

      Pages 35-44

3. Spotlight on Some Key Collections and Their Future Plans

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. The Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum, Central Venue for the “History of Computing”

      • Norbert Ryska, Jochen Viehoff

      Pages 47-52

   3. The Computers’ Collection at the Polytechnic Museum

      • Marina Smolevitskaya

      Pages 53-63

4. Thoughts on Expanding the Audience for Computing History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Making History Relevant: The Case of Computing

      • Gauthier van den Hove

      Pages 67-78

   3. “The Internet: A Belgian Story?” The Mundaneum

      • Delphine Jenart

      Pages 79-85

5. Spotlight on Some Research Projects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. The Konrad Zuse Internet Archive Project

      • Julian Röder, Raúl Rojas, Hai Nguyen

      Pages 89-95

   3. Discovery of Two Historical Computers in Switzerland: Zuse Machine M9 and Contraves Cora and Discovery of Unknown Documents on the Early History of Computing at the ETH Archives

      • Herbert Bruderer

      Pages 96-104

   4. The Relevance of Computing Research History – The Monads-PC: A Case Study

      • A. Barbara Ainsworth, C. Avram, J. Sheard

      Pages 105-117

6. Integrating History with Computer Science Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Using Old Computers for Teaching Computer Science

      • Giovanni A. Cignoni, Fabio Gadducci

      Pages 121-131

   3. Computing: Is There a Future in the Past?

      • Chris Monk

      Pages 132-134

   4. Bringing Relevance to Computing Courses through History

      • John Impagliazzo, Mohammed Samaka

      Pages 135-143

   5. Using Events from the Past to Inform the Future

      • Martha E. Crosby

      Pages 144-148

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference on the History of Computing, HC 2013, held in London, UK, in June 2013. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to the history of computing and offer a number of different approaches to making this history relevant. These range from discussion of approaches to describing and analyzing the history through storytelling and education to description of various collections, working installations and reconstruction projects. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: the importance of storytelling in museums; spotlight on some key collections and their future plans; thoughts on expanding the audience for computing history; spotlight on some research projects; integrating history with computer science education; putting the history of computing into different contexts;celebrating nostalgia for games - and its potential as Trojan horse; the importance and challenges of working installations; and reconstruction stories.

• Internet
• archives
• computer games
• history of computing
• human-computer interaction

• School of Management and Information Systems, Victoria University, Australia

  Arthur Tatnall

• Keeper of Technology and Engineering, Science Museum, London, UK

  Tilly Blyth

• Computer conservation Society, Hampshire, UK

  Roger Johnson

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