Archiving Machines
From Punch Cards to Platforms
$76.50
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2025
Summary
The story of the rise of networked data through the evolution of archiving and digital storage.
2026 PROSE Award Winner - Computing and Information Sciences
Archiving Machines advances our understanding of memory, information, and data by charting the struggle between the computing technologies that archive data and the cultures of information that have led to platforms that assert control over its use. Amelia Acker examines the origins of data archiv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553247 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262553244 |
| Author: | Amelia Acker |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | The Information Society Series |
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Critics Review
“This is an excellent volume for archivists, librarians, and other cultural heritage professionals and memory workers, as well as information scholars, historians of technology and politics, and students in these fields.”
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About The Author
Amelia Acker
Amelia Acker is Associate Professor in the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
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