
During my first week in my new post I gathered together all of the staff on the new LTW division. They look much nicer in person than in the card-database-rogues-gallery I have on my wall. For my presentation I used images from the splendid SCRAN collection to which Edinburgh University has a subscription. The collection includes some cracking images of computers and computer users in the university dating back to the 60’s and 70’s. With all the fashions of geek-style throughout the decades. I’d show you some, but for some reason the license under which SCRAN grants use are a bit confusing as regards internet, blogging, sharing, publishing and educational use. Nevermind, here is a picture of some more recent computer users in one of our learning spaces.
Q: How many men did it take to deliver a computer in Edinburgh in 1964?