A Social History of Bitnet and Listserv, 1985-1991 Export

@article{citeulike:4462752, abstract = {After the engineers built the computer networks, users had to build the social networks that made them useful. Listserv, the combined mailing list and file server, was an important tool for those interested in building network-based organizations. It first appeared on Bitnet, an academic network based on IBM computers. The early versions of Listserv became operational in the mid 1980s, and its early archives show how network users learned to use the software and, perhaps more importantly, how to manage network-based organizations.}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Grier, David A. and Campbell, Mary}, citeulike-article-id = {4462752}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/85.841135}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/85.841135}, doi = {10.1109/85.841135}, issn = {1058-6180}, journal = {IEEE Annals of the History of Computing}, keywords = {culture, history, internet, social}, number = {2}, pages = {32--41}, posted-at = {2009-05-04 23:20:55}, priority = {5}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {A Social History of Bitnet and Listserv, 1985-1991}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/85.841135}, volume = {22}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4462752 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4462752 N2 - After the engineers built the computer networks, users had to build the social networks that made them useful. Listserv, the combined mailing list and file server, was an important tool for those interested in building network-based organizations. It first appeared on Bitnet, an academic network based on IBM computers. The early versions of Listserv became operational in the mid 1980s, and its early archives show how network users learned to use the software and, perhaps more importantly, how to manage network-based organizations. IS - 2 JF - IEEE Annals of the History of Computing SN - 1058-6180 AD - Los Alamitos, CA, USA EP - 41 TI - A Social History of Bitnet and Listserv, 1985-1991 PB - IEEE Computer Society VL - 22 SP - 32 KW - culture KW - history KW - internet KW - social AU - Grier, David AU - Campbell, Mary PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/85.841135 ER -