Machines and people have been working together for decades, perhaps more than you had thought, to keep University information technology systems running. The people operating punch card and tabulating machines, the majority of whom were women, most likely did not see their role as one of managing information technology.
Early Punched Card Equipment, 1880 - 1951 - Engineering and
Making Sense of the Census: Hollerith's Punched Card Solution
Punch Cards for Data Processing
Punch Cards for Data Processing
Punch Cards for Data Processing
Punch Cards for Data Processing
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Interfaces Volume 2 (2021), CHARLES BABBAGE INSTITUTE
March Commencement, 1962 University of Minnesota
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