Back in January 2010, a similar thread was posted on LITA listserv you and others may find interest in concerning Columbia University computing and libraries I had posted this message back in January and share the link to the post here for those interested.

cheers, Karen Weaver

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Kate Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From PLATO (1960), Project Gutenberg (1971), up through Wolfram Alpha (2009), there have been 11+ public computing projects invented in Champaign-Urbana, many with leadership from libraries and library schools. Thursday and Friday we will be hearing from founders and others. We're aiming to help the next 50 years be at least as innovative. Public computing is as basic as public education, mass literacy ... and public libraries... have been for a democratic and sustainable society.

http://go.illinois.edu/50years -- will be webcast

Interested to hear about similar history on other campuses. We need to draw these lines for all to see.

all best,

kate

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Karen Weaver, MLS , Adjunct Faculty, Cataloging & Classification, The iSchool at Drexel University, Philadelphia PA email: [log in to unmask] / Electronic Resources Statistician, Duquesne University, Gumberg Library, Pittsburgh PA email: [log in to unmask]