United States National Bureau of Standards Collection of Computer Literature, 1956-1978. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: United States National Bureau of Standards collection of computer literature
Dates: 1956-1978(bulk: 1962-1978)
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Extent: 731 boxes (241.25 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 32
Abstract:

Collection contains reports, manuals and publications from corporations, government agencies, and academic computing centers covering a broad range of computer-related topics.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by the National Bureau of Standards in 1987.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

All materials in the collection are covered by a prior copyright. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation:

United States National Bureau of Standards, Computer Literature Collection (CBI 32), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged by initial author's surname. Due to the extent of the collection, the finding aid has been divided into the following:

• 0-9
• A-C
• D-F
• G-I
• J-L
• M-O
• P-R
• S-T
• U-W
• X-Z

Historical Note

After World War II the United States National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was charged with the task of following developments in computing. In response, NBS began to index and abstract books, journals, reports and other literature covering a broad range of computer-related topics beginning in the mid-1940s. Eventually the enormity of the task forced NBS to abandon this work in 1978.

Collection Scope and Content Note

Collection contains reports, manuals and publications from corporations, government agencies, and academic computing centers covering a broad range of computer-related topics. The collection only contains a few documents that predate 1962.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• United States. National Bureau of Standards.
• Computer industry -- History -- Sources.
• Computers -- History -- Sources.
• Information storage and retrieval systems -- History -- Sources.
• Machine translating -- History -- Sources.