Dr. Janet Toland awarded ACM History Fellowship 2015

Dr. Janet Toland wins Association of Computing Machinery History Fellowship 2015

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Dr Janet Toland, senior lecturer in Information Systems at SIM

Dr Janet Toland has been successful in obtaining an Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) History Fellowship for 2015 for her project "Computing opportunities for all: ACM's role in influencing public policy on universal access and education 1960 to 2010".

She will collect data for this project while on her research and study leave at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota during 2015.

The award also includes funding to attend the Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology in Albuquerque, New Mexico in October, where Dr Toland will participate in a workshop on the history of the ACM.