Public Perceptions and Construction of the Y2K Problem Archive

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 53-12-3225

Scope and content

Includes books, videocassettes, CD-Roms, and ephemera concerning the Y2K problem. The CD-ROMs contain an archive of all television clips from 1999 which mention the "millennium bug" or "Y2K" problem.

Scope and content

Also a paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the International Communications Association, Information Systems Division: "Using Closed Captioning for Content-Based Television Archiving: a Case Study," by Josh Greenberg and Bruce V. Lewenstein, 2001

Dates

1999-2001.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Lewenstein, Bruce V. (Person)
Greenberg, Joshua M. (Person)
National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Organization)
Cornell University. Department of Science & Technology Studies (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection closed for digitization project.

Conditions Governing Use

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage.

Biographical / Historical

Cornell University's Department of Science and Technology Studies conducted a National Science Foundation-supported research project: Public Perceptions and Construction of the Y2K Problem, with Bruce Lewenstein as the principal investigator.