History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day

History Collections

Find out more about history collections and History Day

Archives of IT poster

Archives of IT

https://archivesit.org.uk/

AIT is a charity founded by Information Technologist and Businessman, Roger Graham OBE in 2015 to capture, preserve and share the voices of people from the UK IT and Telecommunications industry. Its principal aim is to prevent this lived experience of the development of IT from being lost, and to share it with current and future generations.

In 2024 we conducted our 250th interview, giving AIT an unrivalled database of personal insights from those involved, mostly British citizens, in the IT industry.

While doing this we demonstrate how IT, telecommunications and engineering has and continues to change the way we live and work. We also encourage the study of the industry’s history generally and through university placements and also provide educational resources for schools that inspire young people to consider a career in IT.

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Contact: Adrian Murphy, PR and Communications Manager: PR@archivesit.org.uk

History Day 2024 contributions

 

AIT History Day Introductory Video

As part of History Day 2024, AIT has produced an introduction to the charity through a walkthrough video of its website and its collection of more than 250 interviews with pioneers of the IT and telecommunications industry, and its resources such as in-depth features and curated pages.

Archives of IT (AIT) History Day Introduction on Vimeo

 

Featured Content

 

Human-Computer Interaction Report

Our report From Punch Cards to Brain Computer Interfaces: 75 Years of Human-Computer Interaction describes how HCI evolved from the early years of computing in the 1950s, when the subject was dominated by a small number of mainframes, to today’s world where we talk about Graphical User Interfaces and interactive displays used by billions of people.

 

Human-Computer Interaction Report – Video Trailer

 

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