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CPSR Publications and Suggested Reading

Printed CPSR publications listed below can be ordered with our Publications Order Form
(CPSR members get a 10% discount)
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CPSR, 1370 Mission St., 4th floor, San Francisco, CA  94103-2654

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The Compiler

CPSR began monthly emailed newsletters to members in July 2002, to better inform members about CPSR opportunities, news, and activities. Contributions of news about individual members, Working Groups, Chapters, Board Initiatives, Newsletters, Conferences and Events, Contacts by the Press, and other work and representation of CPSR and its members are welcome. We have our fingers in many pies, and The Compiler will help us to understand our complexity and energy.
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CPSR Journals (formerly The CPSR Newsletter)

The CPSR Journal is a highly regarded quarterly journal containing in-depth analysis of major issues involving technology. Starting with Winter 1999 The CPSR Journal is published online only. See below, by subjects, to find issues of interest to you. CPSR members receive timely notice of each new issue . Most past newsletters/journals are online (older ones mainly in plain text, newer ones in HTML). There is a subject index listing all articles going back to the first issue in 1983 until the late 90's Before the creation of PING! in July 2000, The CPSR Journal also contained CPSR news.

PING!

CPSR launched this paper and online publication in 2000 to better inform members, friends, and the press about CPSR news and activities.


CPSR Journals/Newsletters, Conference Proceedings, White Papers, Articles, Reports, and FAQs Listed by Subject

MULTIPLE SUBJECTS

Nurturing the Cybercommons:1981-2021
The CPSR Journal, Edited by Nathaniel Borenstein, 19, 4 (Fall 2001)

CPSR Turns Twenty
The CPSR Journal, Edited by Aki Namioka, 19,3 (Summer 2001)

THE INTERNET

The Cyber-Federalist
A series of commentaries on the ICANN and Internet governance, by Hans Klein of CPSR's Civil Society Democracy Project

Cyber-Governance
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Karen Coyle and Nathaniel Borenstein, 16, 4 (Fall 1998), $3.00.

This issue of the CPSR Newsletter highlights and summarizes CPSR's 1998 Annual Conference, devoted to Internet Governance. We ask questions about the relationship of the Internet to government, government to democracy, and democracy to communications.

Cyber-Responsibilities
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Evelyn Pine and Jeff Johnson, 16, 3 (Summer 1998), $3.00.

Cyber-responsibilities -- For some denizens of cyberspace, the flip side of the cyber-rights issue is quite unnerving. Put simply, the idea of cyber-responsibilities bugs the hell out of some of our best friends and worthy colleagues in the technology-policy public-interest community. In our view, hostility to this topic grows from a heady mix of hacker ethic, free market fever, baby boom protest nostalgia, slacker attitude and generation X rebellion. Talk of cyber-responsibilities strikes some as group think, a call for government control, or blaming individuals for the sins of institutions. As CPSR stalwart, Terry Winograd puts it, "The central division among the CPSR membership concerns the individual's relationship with society. Is it dominated by questions of rights (the 'libertarian' view) or of responsibilities (the 'progressive' view)?"

Internet Governance
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Harry Hochheiser and Netiva Caftori , 16, 2 (Spring 1998), $3.00.

As businesses and governments tackle questions of control over the Internet, several trends have become distressingly clear. These debates often lack significant discussion of societal issues and the needs of Internet end-users. Furthermore, the issues are often misunderstood and poorly reported. CPSR's "One Planet, One Net" focus is designed to address these concerns. By bringing attention to the issuse and their implications, and providing information that will help non-"techies" fight through the confusion of the 'Net, we hope to raise public awareness and understanding of the issues at stake. This newsletter contains a variety of perspectives on Internet Governance.

One Planet, One Net
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Nathaniel Borenstein,15, 4 (Fall 1997), $3.00.

This issue of the CPSR Newsletter summarizes CPSR's 1997 Annual Conference, and presents CPSR's Principles for the Internet Era,that can ensure that the Net will be used to change the human condition for the better, and can prevent or mitigate its less desirable consequences. For our global community to reach its potential in this networked world, the following principles must be understood and respected as we consider the more detailed daily questions that arise in the administration or governance of the Net.

1. There is only one Net.
2. The Net must be open and available to all.
3. People have the right to communicate.
4. People have the right to privacy.
5. People are the Net's stewards, not its owners.
6.No individuals, organizations, or governments should dominate the Net.
7. The Net should reflect human diversity, not homogenize it.

Telecommunications Policy Roundtable: Cutting Across Turfs to Change Public Policy
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Andy Oram, 15, 2 (Spring 1997). $3.00.

Computer scientists have been saying for years that computers and computer networks would merge with telephones and television, the other major media of our age. Now computer/telephone technology and multimedia have raised their heads, not only as a dazzling set of products that benefit end users, but as a complex regulatory and policy arena. Over the past four years, CPSR members have taken on a new field of technology (telecommunications) and mastered its principles enough to have an impact on public thought. This issue of the newsletter offers updates on major debates such as universal service and the effect of mergers on service and competition. We also look at the alliances CPSR has made with organizations and policy-makers to see that the public interest is heard during the battles between multibillion-dollar industries.

Computers, Government, and Access to Electronic Records
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Marsha Woodbury, 13, 2 (Summer 1995).

Electronic Democracy.
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Steven E. Miller, 14, 2 (Summer 1996). $3.00.

A World of Perspectives on the Growing Information Infrastructure.
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Judi Clark, 13, 1 (Winter 1995). $3.00.

Visions of the National Information Infrastructure.
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Jeff Johnson, 12, 4 (Fall 1994). $3.00.

Developing an Equitable and Open Information Infrastructure, A Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing Symposium: Proceedings from the DIAC '94 conference.
Edited by Hans Klein and Coralee Whitcomb. Spring 1994, 230 pages. $25.00.
(see listing under Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing section for description)

Serving the Community: A Public Interest Vision of the National Information Infrastructure
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, October 1993, 30 pages.

Focus on Computers and the Poor: A Brand New Poverty.
The CPSR Newsletter, 11, 3 (Fall 1993). $3.00.

The National Information Infrastructure: A Public Interest Opportunity
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Gary Chapman & Marc Rotenberg, 11, 2 (Summer, 1993). $3.00.

Local Civic Computer Networks.
The CPSR Newsletter, 10, 1-2 (Winter-Spring 1992). $3.00.

COMMUNITY NETWORKS

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Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing
Proceedings from the DIAC 2002 conference.
332 pages, $15
See: Shaping the Network Society: Patterns for Participation, Action and Change"

If you are interested in any issue related to information and communication technology and the public interest, such as: Libraries, The Digital Divide, Education And Learning, Networks, Privacy, Community Networks, Activism, Alternative Media, Health Informatics, Sustainability, Cyberculture, Community Technology Centers, Digital Cities, and more then you NEED a copy of the DIAC-02 proceedings!

See the Table of Contents at. http://www.scn.org/cpsr/diac-02/diac-02-contents.html

Shaping the Network Society
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Peter Day and Doug Schuler,18, 2 (Summer 2000) .

Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing
Proceedings from the DIAC 2000 conference.
$15
See: http://www.scn.org/cpsr/diac -oo/toc.html

Community Space and Cyberspace: What's the Connection ?
The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Brennon Martin, 15, 3 (Summer 1997), $3.00.

This issue of the CPSR Newsletter is dedicated to the theme of the March DIAC-97 conference in Seattle. The articles examine various connections between physical community space and cyberspace -- the need to guarantee the existence of public spaces in the new commercial media channels; the use of these public cyberspaces to debate solutions to physical community-space problems; and three projects that use computer networks to address community problems.

Community Space and Cyberspace -- What's the Connection?, A Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing Symposium: Proceedings from the DIAC '97 conference.
Edited by Carl Page and Doug Schuler. 140 pages, $15.00.

  • Community Space & Cyberspace Keynote: Howard Rheingold
  • Panel: Building a Civic Web
  • Jamie McClelland, Technology and Policy Specialist, Libraries for the Future
  • Peter van den Besselaar: Electronic Infrastructures And Social Networks
  • Lodis Rhodes: Building a Civic Network: The Austin Access Model Panel: Education and Youth
  • Bart Decrem: Plugged In: An overview
  • Amy Bruckman: The Day After Net Day
  • Panel: Culture and Diversity in Community Space and Cyberspace
  • Steve Cisler: Indigenous Groups and the Internet
  • Beth Fraser: DO-IT People with Disabilities, Computer Technology and Cyberspace
  • Madeline Gonzalez: The Association For Community Networking
  • Panel: Cyberspace Economics: New Opportunities and Challenges
  • Amy Borgstrom: Civic Networking For Community Economic Development: Acenet's Approach
  • Gary Chapman: Community Computing Networks and Hierarchies of Value
  • David Hakken: Does Virtual Work Mean Virtual(ly No) Community?
  • Panel: Critical Futures in Networking
  • Carolyn Lukensmeyer: Building A Framework for Democratic Renewal
  • Richard Sclove: Telecommunications & the Future of Democracy
  • Panel: The High-Tech Mediation of Social Interaction
  • Ron Cole: Cyberspeech: Passport to Cyberspace
  • Rusel DeMaria: High Tech Mediation of Social Interaction
  • Alex Uttermann: The Meta-View: Computer Gaming & 3-d Graphic Worlds Online, or, How I Spent My Youth Practicing for This Moment
  • Doug Schuler: What Kind of Platform for Change?
  • Developing an Equitable and Open Information Infrastructure, A Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing Symposium: Proceedings from the DIAC '94 conference.
    Edited by Hans Klein and Coralee Whitcomb. Softcover, 230 pages. $25.00.

    Contains articles on National Information Infrastructure (NII), the proposed next-generation "information superhighway": economics, gender issues, Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs), non-profits, post-modern technology, community cable systems, media regulation, White House activities in electronic democracy, and electronic access for the poor.

  • Who will be heard? Access to the Information Superhighway
  • Consitituency Plenary
  • Public Access Television / Media Arts Centers: Models for Community Access to the Information Infrastructure.
  • PC's Empower individuals with disabillities Informed Participation and the NII
  • The Greater Boston Community-Wide Education and Information Services Organizing Project (CWEIS)
  • Measuring the NII
  • Policy for the Global Information Infrastructure (I)
  • Public Services for the Global Information Infrastructure (II)
  • NII: Public or Private? Defining Research Parameters
  • Democracy in Cyberspace
  • A postmodern View of NII
  • The Political Rhetoric of NII
  • Intellectual Freedom: Parks, Streets, Sidewalks and Cyberspace? Free Speech in the New Public Square.
  • Securing the Information Infrastructure: New Crimes, Criminal Losses, and Liabilities in the Post-Hacker Era.
  • Ethics, Education and Entertainment on the NII; What should research priorities be?

  • Local Civic Computer Networks
    The CPSR Newsletter, 10, 1-2 (Winter-Spring 1992) $3.

    Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing
    Proceedings from the DIAC '92 conference.
    Edited by Douglas Schuler. Softcover, 225 pages. $20.00

    Contains articles on intellectual property, designing local civic networks and community communication with computers, and virtual realities.

    Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing
    Proceedings from the DIAC '90 conference.
    Edited by Douglas Schuler. Softcover, 262 pages. $20.00

    Includes papers on community building with voice technology, affectionate technology, computers and education, computer models and public policy, conduct codes, and virtual reality.

    CYBER-RIGHTS

    Published articles by the CPSR Cyber-Rights Working Group Chair - Andy Oram

    Comments on UCITA for Florida Legislature
    October 27, 2001.

    Comments on Anti-Terrorist Legislation
    October 2, 2001.

    Statement on the September 11th Terrorist Attacks

    Cyber-Responsibilities
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Evelyn Pine and Jeff Johnson, 16, 3 (Summer 1998), $3.00.

    Cyber-responsibilities -- For some denizens of cyberspace, the flip side of the cyber-rights issue is quite unnerving. Put simply, the idea of cyber-responsibilities bugs the hell out of some of our best friends and worthy colleagues in the technology-policy public-interest community. In our view, hostility to this topic grows from a heady mix of hacker ethic, free market fever, baby boom protest nostalgia, slacker attitude and generation X rebellion. Talk of cyber-responsibilities strikes some as group think, a call for government control, or blaming individuals for the sins of institutions. As CPSR stalwart, Terry Winograd puts it, "The central division among the CPSR membership concerns the individual's relationship with society. Is it dominated by questions of rights (the 'libertarian' view) or of responsibilities (the 'progressive' view)?"

    COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION

    Education Technology: A Tool for Change, A Focus for Organizing
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Netiva Caftori, 15, 1 (Winter 1997). $3.00.

    Technology has invaded our schools in more than one way. Whether schools and teachers are ready to embrace it is a different issue. Those who have chosen to integrate it into their curriculum of study are not always doing so with much prior planning. It seems as if many children do more learning about technology outside of the school's boundary or at least the school's physical walls. Many students are now able to access educational centers through distance learning and on-line facilities. Virtual communities are thus able to be formed. Is the U.S. leading the way in educational technology?

    Technology in Education: Everybody's Business.
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Judith Stern, 12, 2 (Spring 1994), $3.00.

    Computers and Social Responsibility:
    A Collection of Course Syllabi
    Edited by Terry Winograd and Batya Friedman. 1990, 143 pages. $15.00.

    Includes sections on social implications of computing, social analyses of computing, ethics for computer professionals, computers in the arts, computers in the military, computers in the third world, and computers in education.

    ELECTIONS AND VOTING

    Getting the Chad Out: Elections, Technology, and Reform
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Erik Nilsson, 19, 1 (Winter 2001)

    Emerging Democratic Communities
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Erik Nilsson , 16, 1 (Winter 1998), $3.00.

    Information-age democracies depend on technology. New, more responsive forms of governance are possible, but we become dependent on election technologies that sometimes fail. For over ten years, CPSR has conducted projects on the use of electoral computing. CPSR members have observed elections, investigated irregularities, contributed to standards documents, and been consultants to election commissions. This issue examines how technology has changed democracy. Four CPSR correspondents report on the changing technological face of democracy, from war-torn Africa to the Internet.

    Bits of the South African Election.
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Erik Nilsson,13, 1 (Winter 1995).

    Special Report on Computing and Elections.
    Election Watch, a project of the Urban Policy Research Institue and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. 11 pages, $3.00.

    ETHICS


    Ethics in Technology

    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Elizabeth Buchanan and Netiva Caftori18, 3 (Spring 2000).

    Computers, Ethics, and Social Responsibility by Terry Winograd.
    The CPSR Newsletter, 10, 3 (Summer 1992). $3.00.

    A Conduct Code: An Ethics Code with Bite
    by Joel Wolfson. July 1990, 17 pages. $4.00. (Also appears in the DIAC '90 proceedings.)

    The greatest obstacle in applying meaningful ethical standards is that few people believe their own actions are unethical. A good conduct code must set clear specific standards for behavior which computer professionals agree are unacceptable, despite attempted rationalization. This paper provides a proposed code of conduct.

    The Tavani Bibliography of Computing, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
    By Herman Tavani

    COMPUTERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

    Computers and the Environment.
    the CPSR Newsletter, 8, 3 (Summer 1990). $3.00.

    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    Using Technology to Control the Flow of Ideas
    The CPSR Journal, 20, 1 (Summer 2002).

    PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES

    National ID FAQ, and Related links
    November 2001.

    Filtering FAQ
    April 6, 2001.

    Social Security Numbers FAQ

    Drawing the Blinds: Reconstructing Privacy in the Information Age
    The CPSR Newsletter, 18, 4 (Fall 2000).

    Data Privacy and P3P FAQ

    Privacy
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Mary Connors and Dave Redell, 13, 3 (Fall 1995).

    Clipper Chip FAQ1995.

    The Police, Technology, and the Los Angeles Rebellion.
    The CPSR Newsletter, 11, 3 (Fall 1993). $3.00.

    Governmental Restrictions on the Development and Dissemination of Cryptographic Technologies.
    by David Sobel. September 1992, 6 pages. $4.00.

    This paper explores the policy issues raised by the digital signature standard proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It questions the role played by the National Security Agency in the development of the DSS and in cryptography policy generally.

    Telephone Privacy in the 90s: Selected CPSR publications on Calling Number ID.
    Edited by Dr. Ronni Rosenberg. July 1992, 54 pages. $15.00.

    Seventeen pieces by CPSR staff and members testimony, speeches, press releases, articles, from 1989 through 1992.

    Civil Liberties and the Electronic Frontier: Mapping the Terrain.
    Edited by Richard Civille. February 1990, 41 pages, $10.

    Conference Report of 1990 CPSR Roundtable, Sponsored by The Electronic Frontier Foundation.

    Computer Monitoring: A Threat to Privacy?
    by Karen Nussbaum (National Association of Working Women). October 1989, 4 pages. $3.00. (Also a part of the Workplace papers.)

    New technology creates capabilities in computer monitoring which make it qualitatively different from supervision in the past. Why is workplace surveillance increasing? What's wrong with computer monitoring? What can be done about it?

    Data Protection, Computers and Changing Information Practices.
    by Marc Rotenberg, Professor Mary Culnan, and Dr. Ronni Rosenberg. May 16, 1990, 23 pages. $6.00.

    Testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture. 101st Congress, 2d Session 109.

    Privacy
    The CPSR Newsletter, 7, 4 (Fall 1989) $3

    Privacy in the Computer Age.
    by Ronni Rosenberg. January 1989, 18 pages. $5.00.

    Examines the relationship between computerized data banks and personal privacy, focusing on the conflict between the right to obtain information and the right of the individual "to be let alone."

    The National Crime Information Center: A Case Study in National Databases.
    The CPSR Newsletter, 6, 1 (Winter 1988) $3
    This paper raises critical questions about the potential benefits and dangers of federal computerized record systems.

    Sensitve not Secret: A Case Study.
    by Mary Karen Dahl. January 1988, 4 pages. $5.00
    An assessment of the Reagan Administration's attempts to shift government information policy away from civilian oversight and towards defense management.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 5, 1 (Winter 1987) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 4, 3 (Summer 1986) $3

    RELIABILITY AND RISK

    Star Wars Still Threatens US
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Carl Page and Chris Gray, 19, 2 (Spring 2001)
    Y2K
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Marsha Woodbury, 17, 1 (Winter 1999).

    Star Wars -- Down but Not Out: Why Star Wars Still Matters
    The CPSR Newsletter, 14, 3 (Fall 1996) $3.

    Setting a New Course for Science and Technology Policy:
    The 21st Century Project Report
    by Gary Chapman and Joel Yudkin. July, 1993, 195 pages. $15.00

    Describes and critiques an emerging post-Cold War paradigm for science and technology policy, and offers an alternative vision.

    Setting a New Course for Science and Technology Policy:
    Executive Summary of The 21st Century Project Report
    by Gary Chapman and Joel Yudkin. July, 1993, 20 pages. $5.00.

    Gives an overview of the main points of the full report.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 10, 1-2 (Summer 1992) $3.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 9, 4 (Fall 1991) $3
    includes An Analysis of the Gulf War by Jonathan Jacky
    An in-depth analysis of aspects of the conduct of the Persian Gulf War, emphasizing the role of technology.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 9, 3 (Summer 1991) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 7, 3 (Summer 1989) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 7, 1 (Winter 1989) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 6, 4 (Fall 1988) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 6, 3 (Summer 1988) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 6, 2 (Spring 1988) $3
    Includes The SDI's National Test Bed - An Appraisal by the CPSR NTB Study Group.
    The SDI was meant to operate in an environment with which we had no previous experience - that of nuclear war. The NTB was to be the world's largest simulation network whose purpose would be to evaluate whether or not space-based ballistic missile defense is feasible.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 5, 4 (Fall 1987) $3
    Includes Thinking about Autonomous Weapons by Gary Chapman.
    A look at how science and technology have changed war, the role of the military and the democratic process.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 5, 3 (Summer 1987) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 5, 2 (Spring 1987) $3
    Includes The Constitution versus the Arms Race by Clifford Johnson
    Discussion of the different ways in which the launch on warning policy of SDI violates our Constitutional rights.

    Computer Systems Reliability and Nuclear War
    by Alan Borning. February 1987, 23 pages, $5.
    How dependent should society be on computer systems and computer decision making? This question is most compelling in the use of computers in command and control systems for nuclear weapons.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 5, 1 (Winter 1987) $3

    Loose Coupling: Does it Make the SDI Trustworthy?
    by Severo Ornstein. October 1986, 5 pages, $5.
    Explores the claims by SDI proponents that loosely-coupled distributed systems were a new and clever idea that should overcome the software objections raised by critics of SDI.

    Deadly Bloopers
    by Severo Ornstein. June 1986, 18 pages, $5
    What makes computers different from other devices? What are the implications of this on computer failure and on our thinking about computer failure?

    The CPSR Newsletter, 4, 3 (Summer 1986) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 4, 4 (Fall 1986) $3

    Why I Won't Work on SDI: One View of Professional Responsibility by David Parnas
    The CPSR Newsletter, 4, 2 (Spring1986) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 4, 1 (Winter 1986) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 3, 4 (Fall 1985) $3

    The "Star Wars" Defense Won't Compute
    by Jonathan Jacky. Reprinted from The Atlantic. June 1985, 6 pages, $5.
    The article examines the software problems posed by missile defense, which are too great for existing computer capability.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 3, 3 (Summer 1985) $3

    Why Software is Unreliable
    by David Parnas. June 1985, 18 pages, $5
    Eight memoranda that relate what we know about computer systems to critical applications.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 3, 2 (Spring 1985) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 3, 1 (Winter 1985) $3

    Strategic Computing: An Assessment
    by Severo Ornstein, Brian Smith, and Lucy Suchman. June 1984, 5 pages, $5.

    In 1983, DARPA launched a new "Strategic Computing Plan" with the express purpose of focusing research on specific military applications. The plan's suggestion that "artificial intelligence" would enable strategic nuclear weapons to be handled almost entirely by computer illustrates the serious consequences that could result if policymakers begin to depend upon technological fantasy.

    Reliability and Responsibility: An Assessment
    by Severo Ornstein and Lucy Suchman. Reprinted from Abacus. Fall 1985, 4 pages, $5.

    Failure in critical systems can put human life at risk. As the military relies on computer systems, not only for data processing, but also for assistance in real-time decision making, the stakes can be enormous. When the consequences of malfunction assume greater proportions, the question of computer reliability becomes correspondingly more urgent.

    The Star Wars Computer System
    by Greg Nelson and David Redell. June 1985, 10 pages, $5.

    It should be possible to reap the benefits of the computer revolution without taking irresponsible risks. But the balancing of risks and benefits is threatened by a general phenomenon in the world of computer systems: aspirations are rising faster than technology that is expected to fultill them. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the design of computerized weapons systems.

    The CPSR Newsletter, 2. 4 (Fall 1984) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 2. 3 (Summer 1984) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 2, 2 (Spring 1984) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 2, 1 (Winter 1984) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 1, 2 (Fall 1983) $3

    The CPSR Newsletter, 1, 1 (Summer 1983) $3

    WOMEN AND COMPUTING


    Gender in the Internet Age

    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Ellen Spertus and Evelyn Pine, 18, 1 (Winter 2000) .

    Computerization and Women's Knowledge
    by Lucy Suchman and Brigitte Jordon. August 1988, 9 pages. $4.00.

    To design technology relevant to women's concerns requires legitimizing the authority of women's knowledge and competence on their own terms. This paper explores the relationship between authoritative knowledge and the process of technology design, with particular attention to the situation of women.

    COMPUTERS IN THE WORKPLACE/ PARTICIPATORY DESIGN / WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY

    Publications Order Form

    Artful Integration: Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices - PDC 2004
    Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference
    July 2004

    Volume 1: Research Papers - Ordered by June 15, 2004 @$25, after June 15, 2004 @ $30
    Volume II: Short Papers, Workshops, Tutorials, etc. - by June 15, 2004 @ $12, after June 15, 2004 @ $15

    Participation and Design: Inquiring Into the Politics, Contexts and Practices of Collaborative Design Work - PDC 2002 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference
    Edited by Thomas Binder, Judith Gregory, and Ina Wagner.
    June 2002, 446 pages. $35.00.

    The conference invited researchers, designers and other practitioners to present inquiries into the politics, contexts and practices of collaborative design work. Contributions were invited from diverse design fields such as architecture, urban planning, engineering, interaction design and others (such as the fine arts) with a focus on understanding collaborative design work. The PDC 2002 Proceedings give a sense of the variety of perspectives and discourse on participation and design, point to creative new directions and innovative approaches, and highlight challenges confronting design practitioners concerned with the "art of doing participatory design" in connection to longstanding political concerns with user participation and democracy.

    Designing Digital Environments - PDC 2000 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference
    Edited by Todd Cherkasky, Joan Greenbaum, Peter Mambrey, and Jens Kaaber Pors.
    November 2000, 340 pages. $25.00.

    A collection of scholarly papers reporting on theory and practices by people actively engaged in developing and testing participatory design ideas, overviews of ten Workshops, and Works in Progress reports.

    Broadening Participation - PDC 98 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference
    Edited by Rebecca Henderson Chatfield, Sarah Kuhn, and Michael Muller.
    November 1998, 271 pages. $25.00.

    A collection of papers, panels, posters/artifacts descriptions, and workshops. Contributions present theoretical and methodological discussions about participatory approaches in infrmation systems development, architecture, urban planning, organizational consulting, engineering, and industrial design.

    PDC '96 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference
    Edited by Jeanette Blomberg, Finn Kensing, and Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson.
    November 1996, 268 pages. $20.00.

    A collection of papers about Community-Based Design, Participatory Design in Small Organizations, Economic and Political Contexts for Participatory Design, Diverse Roles for Participatory Design, Arenas for Worker Participation, Where is the Patient in Patient-Centered User-Oriented Design in Health Care Systems Development?, Methods, Techniques and Tools, The Participatory Design Work Space, Labor Unions and Technological Design: Entry Points for Change, Supporting Users in Design, and Designing Large Scale, Distributed Technologies.

    PDC '94 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference.
    Edited by Randall Trigg, Susan Irwin Anderson, and Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson. October 1994, 183 pages. $20.00.

    A collection of papers and workshop guidelines.

    PDC '92. Proceedings from the 1992 Conference on Participatory Design
    Edited by Sarah Kuhn, Judith A. Meskill, and Michael M. Muller. November 1992, 198 pages. $20.00.

    A collection of papers and workshop guidelines from the second U.S. conference on Participatory Design.

    Technology and Jobs: Forging a New Social Contract?
    The CPSR Newsletter, 14, 1 (Winter/Spring 1996) $3.

    Voices from the Margins.
    The CPSR Newsletter, Edited by Michael J. Muller, 12, 3 (Summer 1994). $3.00.

    The Occupational Hazard of the 21st Century
    by Hal Sackman. May 1992, 16 pages. $4.00. (Also appears in DIAC '92 proceedings.)

    Focuses on the astonishing range of occupational hazards linked to use of computer terminals in workplace. Outlines the major threats and countermeasures for human health and safety at the computerized workplace.

    Workplace Papers
    A collection of working notes compiled by the Workplace Project of CPSR. Articles listed below. $25.00 for the bundle; some individually by request.
    • Computers as Supervisors: Privacy and Keystroke Monitoring, by Jeff Johnson (CPSR/Palo Alto), August 1986, 2 pages.
    • Computers in the Workplace Panel Discussion, January 1987, 3 pages.
    • Computers in the Workplace: Annotated Bibliography, last updated January 1991, 19 pages.
    • Computers in Context; Film Review, by Howie Shrobe (CPSR/Boston), May 1987 4 pages.
    • National Study Group Call for Participation, June 1988, 3 pages.
    • Computers in the Workplace Proposed Projects, by Eric Roberts and Paul Czyzewski, July 1989, 11 pages.
    • Computer Monitoring: A Threat to Privacy? Karen Nussbaum (National Association of Working Women), October 1989, 4 pages.
    • Origins of the Scandinavian School: Transparencies from PDC '90 conference. Kristen Nygaard (University of Oslo). April 1990, 75 pages. $10

    Designing with the User: Book Review: Lucy Suchman
    The CPSR Newsletter, 6, 3 (Summer 1988) $3

    MISCELLANEOUS


    FTP archives of older CPSR documents.

    A Computer & Information Technologies Platform
    by The Peace and Justice Working Group, CPSR/Berkeley

    Describes a possible program for research, development, and implementation of computer and information technologies that will move towards resolving our most pressing social needs. October 1992, 30 pages. $4.00.

    Reading "All About' Computerization:
    Five Common Genres of Social Analyses
    by Rob Kling

    Examines the popular, professional and scholarly literature which claims to describe the actual nature of computerization. This paper looks at 5 common genres of writing, exploring strengths and limitations of this particular form of social analysis. July 1990, 39 pages. $10.00. (Also appears in the DIAC '90 proceedings.)

    Special Issue: Recommendations for the Clinton Administration
    The CPSR Newsletter, 11, 1 (Winter 1993) $5.
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