Machines and people have been working together for decades, perhaps more than you had thought, to keep University information technology systems running. The people operating punch card and tabulating machines, the majority of whom were women, most likely did not see their role as one of managing information technology.
Punch Cards for Data Processing
Herman Hollerith and the Punch Card
Punch Cards for Data Processing
PDF) Machine Readable Race: Constructing Racial Information in the Third Reich
Doug Jones's general purpose punched card collection
IBM Punch Cards in the U.S. Army
The Power of the Punch Card (and the Punch Card Operator) - UMN Libraries News & Events
Punch card computers hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
Punch Cards for Data Processing
Punch Cards for Data Processing
Keypunch - Wikipedia
Spring 2021 catalog by uminnpress - Issuu