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  1. Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing

    Subject
    Mathematics; Science

    Documentary in which Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada Lovelace’s remarkable life: a 19th-century countess whose work helped give rise to the modern era of computing. [60 minutes]

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  2. Jisc Legal Toolkit on personal computing devices

    Date
    7 May 2013, 12:13
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    Allowing college and university staff to access and use the full range of work ICT facilities via their own mobile devices is a more challenging area for institutions to handle than opening the systems for...

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  3. Sound Alternative, A: Computing and the Blind (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1997 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Open University has pioneered the use of information technology to help its blind students. This programme follows two students who have been involved with the ‘Computing and the Blind’ project,...

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  4. Client-Server Computing (1992 Video)

    Director
    Tristan Allsop
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £40.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Shows how established companies are improving the way they operate by using clinet-server computing systems, with case studies from BP Oil, France Telecom, Lufthansa airlines and the Nationwide Building...

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  5. Fast Food Services (1979 Video)

    Director
    Martin White
    Producer
    Martin White
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min.

    An illustration of a fictional warehouse system: the paperwork and the cash flow problems form the basis of a computing exercise for students on short courses.

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  6. Distributed Computing: Gallaher Case Study (1987 Video)

    Producer
    John Richmond
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Shows how the network of central mainframe computers, local mini-computers and hand-held microcomputers is used by Gallaher in the sales and distribution of their tobacco goods.

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  7. Structured Fortran: Compilation Tape (1980 Video)

    Director
    John Webster
    Producer
    John Webster
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 34 min.

    Shows a number of extracts from the course, plus techniques used throughout the series to aid the teaching of Fortran 77.

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  8. History of Computers, The (2006)

    Subject
    Information technology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    The programme traces the development of the computer, from the first valve-based devices of the mid 20th century, to the invention of silicon-based technology leading to the manufacture of the first PCs. The...

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  9. Alan Turing: Reflections on His Personal Life (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology

    To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is considered by many to be the father of computer science. Aside from his contribution to maths...

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  10. Patterns in Architecture (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL or NTSC). col. 65 min., 1997 sale: US$39.99 (+p&p)

    Christopher Alexander, Professor of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, discusses three instrumental processes that led him to his perception of the connection between architecture and...

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