Editors’ Introduction
The National Conference on Computing and Values (NCCV) was held on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University in August 1991. The Conference included six “tracks”: Teaching Computing and Human Values, Computer Privacy and Confidentiality, Computer Security and Crime, Ownership of Software and Intellectual Property, Equity and Access to Computing Resources, and Policy Issues in the Campus Computing Environment. Each track included a major address, three to five commentaries, some small “working groups,” and a packet of relevant readings (the “Track Pack”). A variety of supplemental “enrichment events” were also included.
This monograph contains the proceeding of the “Equity and Access to Computing Resources” track of NCCV. It includes the “track address,” four commentaries, one enrichment paper, the conference bibliography, and the “track report.” The track address is “Computer Access Equity” by Walter Maner. The commentaries include “Overcoming the Barriers to Computer Use by Individuals Who Have Disabilities” by Barbara Shiller Heinisch, “Some Reflections on Access Equity” by Charles E. M. Dunlop, “Computers as Barriers to/or Vehicles for Equity: Response to ‘Computer Access Equity’” by Marianne LaFrance and Anne Meyer, and “Acknowledging the Significance of Gender” by Ann-Marie Lancaster. The enrichment paper is “DisABILITY, Computing and the Law: What You Should Know” by Tzipporah BenAvraham.
Amy Rubin was the “Track Coordinator” for this track, and the Appendix at the end is her report on the findings and recommendations of the small working group of the track.
The National Conference on Computing and Values was a major undertaking that required significant help from many people. The Editors would like to express sincere thanks to the National Science Foundation and the Metaphilosophy Foundation for support that made the project possible. And we wish to thank the following people for their invaluable help and support: (in alphabetic order) Denice Botto, William Bowersox, Aline W. Bynum, Robert Corda, Donald Duman, Richard Fabish, James Fullmer, Ken W. Gatzke, Steven J. Gold, Edward Hoffman, Rodney Lane, Sheila Magnotti, Armen Marsoobian, John Mattia, P. Krishna Mohan, Beryl Normand, Robert O’Brien, Daniel Ort, Anthony Pinciaro, Amy Rubin, Brian Russer, Elizabeth L.B. Sabatino, Charlene Senical, J. Philip Smith, Ray Sparks, Larry Tortice, and Suzanne Tucker.
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