[Air-L] Archiving Machines: From Punch Cards to Platforms

[Amelia Acker]

Dear Colleagues,
I am thrilled to share that my new book Archiving Machines: From Punch Cards to Platforms is now available at MIT Press<https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553247/archiving-machines/>. The book unpacks the history of digital data management, from magnetic tape to early PDAs, charting the struggle between computing technologies and cultures of information that assert control over our data today. I think the topic will be of interest to our community!

The book has generously been made available for open access through MIT. More info and discount codes for purchase can be found at: archivingmachines.com<http://archivingmachines.com>.

If you would be interested in setting up a book talk or a virtual class visit, please reach out!
Sincerely yours,
Amelia



Amelia Acker, Associate Professor
Department of Library & Information Science
School of Communication & Information
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
http://www.ameliaacker.com/

Editor, Journal of Cultural Analytics<https://culturalanalytics.org/about>

New book:
Archiving Machines: From Punch Cards to Platforms<https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553247/archiving-machines/>
Recent publications:
How “Archive” Became a Verb<https://issues.org/archiving-machines-acker/>
Data Work in Memory Institutions: Why and How Information Professionals Use Wikidata<https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3757575>
The Sage Handbook of Data and Society<https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-data-and-society/book281091>