Carol Bateman, 10 Jul-27 Jul 2018
Born digital recordings of interview with Carol Bateman
Link to digital surrogate
Comprises:
(item 1) born digital audio of track 1 of interview with Carol Bateman, former training and information manager for Oxford Computing Service, programmer and lecturer in Computing, conducted 10 Jul 2018. Topics include:
- (00:01:06) family, early life and school education
- (00:02:26) gender split in Physics and Maths A Level
- (00:02:54) Glasgow University (John Keates) for diploma in Cartography and general Science degree
- (00:04:13) encountering Computing at Glasgow
- (00:04:44) Higher Ordinary Computing at Glasgow University
- (00:05:43) employment in Geography department at Glasgow as a research assistant, working on automating drawing of hydrographic charts
- (00:06:48) using the English Electric KDF9 machine
- (00:07:41) using ALGOL 60 language to write the programme
- (00:09:25) using crystallographer research; building an automated contour programme for use in hydrographic charts
- (00:13:20) other women working in computers at the time
- (00:14:41) writing programmes, reading paper tape and 'Blind Punches'
- (00:15:30) moving to Durham and lectureship in computing at Sunderland Polytechnic, gender split in department
- (00:16:21) teaching computing to Greek students undertaking degree in Naval Architecture
- (00:17:42) moving to Oxford and working for the Oxford Computing Service
- (00:18:46) history of the Computing Service and their move to Banbury Road, using KDF9 and 1906A machines and first tasks in the computing service under Alan Scott
- (00:22:25) impact of Bateman's work on College Contributions Fund
- (00:23:46) starting as User Liason Officer under Linda Hayes
- (00:24:28) setting up and documenting courses as User Liason Officer for the Computing Service, course content and attendance
- (00:27:45) merging of the Computing Teaching Centre, George Street with the Computing Service
- (00:28:40) rationale for computing courses, differences between Computer Teaching Centre and Computing Services training
- (00:30:15) geographical locations of mainframes of Computing Service
- (00:31:00) users of the Oxford Computing Service
- (00:31:52) overlap work with University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) and University of Manchester Regional Centre (ATLAS)
- (00:33:08) community and network of computing colleagues and the gender split of regional computing community, gender split specifically in computing in Oxford
- (00:35:36) attendees of training courses and inclusiveness
- (00:38:37) evolution of use of mainframes to PCs, training to use PCs, evolution of the range of software packages available from 1970s-2002
- (00:39:59) suceeding Linda Hayes, as Training and Information manager of the Oxford Computing Service in 1997 and adapting to modern structure
- (00:41:00) retiring in 2002
- (00:41:18) developments in computing in the modern age
- (00:42:14) using computers in retirement for voluntary work and the retail industry
- (00:44:44) memories of former colleagues, including Beth Crutch, former liaison assistant
- (00:51:00) celebrating 50 years of the Computing Service in 2008-2009.
(item 2) born digital audio of interview track 2 with Carol Bateman, running time 00:08:08. Topics include:
- (00:00:10) emphasis within professional community and to users in the late 1980s-early 1990s
- (00:06:00) the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA)
(item 3) born digital transcript of interview with Carol Bateman, transcribed 27 Jul 2018. The transcript also includes two additional paragraphs of notes, added later, which are not transcribed from the audio.
Dates
- Creation: 10 Jul-27 Jul 2018
Extent
3 items
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Partially closed. An access copy is available via University Podcasts.
Shelfmark
MS. 15797 digital 4
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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