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(Charles Babbage Institute)

The Charles Babbage Institute is an historical archives and research center of the University of Minnesota. CBI is dedicated to promoting study of the history of information technology and information processing and their impact on society. CBI preserves relevant historical documentation in all media, conducts and fosters research in history and archival methods, offers graduate fellowships, and sponsors symposia, conferences, and publications.

Financial support for CBI comes primarily from the University of Minnesota, through the Institute of Technology and the University Libraries. Additional support is provided by the Charles Babbage Foundation, corporate donors, and individuals through the Friends of CBI.

Mission

CBI historians design and administer research projects in the history of information technology and engage in original research that is disseminated through scholarly publications, conference presentations, and the CBI Web site. CBI archivists collect, preserve, and make available for research primary source materials relating to the history of information technology. The archival collection consists of corporate records, manuscript materials, records of professional associations, oral history interviews, trade publications, periodicals, obsolete manuals and product literature, photographs, films, videos, and reference materials. CBI also serves as a clearinghouse for resources on the history of information technology.

Origins and governance

• 1978: Founded by Erwin and Adelle Tomash as the International Charles Babbage Society; office opened in Palo Alto, California.
• 1979: American Federation of Information Processing Societies becomes principal sponsor of the Society; Society renamed the Charles Babbage Institute; companies and individuals in the information industries offer support of three and five year durations.
• 1980: University of Minnesota enters into a legal agreement with the founders of the Charles Babbage Institute to sponsor and house the Charles Babbage Institute; a new supporting entity, the Charles Babbage Foundation, is created to govern the Institute as a partner with the University.
• 1989: University of Minnesota assumes all authority for the Charles Babbage Institute; CBI becomes an organized research unit of the University.
  
  The Charles Babbage Foundation agrees to serve in future as an advisor to the Dean of the Institute of Technology of the University and to the Director of the Charles Babbage Institute and to help with funding the Institute.