Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis Collection

This is a very fragmentary collection of Study Group documents relating to its software catalogues between 1983 and 1985. The software listings were published in the Group's newsletter. They provide a useful snapshot of computing practice in the field of statistical computing in the mid-1980s. It is not known whether a formal SGCSA/ACS exists.

The Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis (SGCSA), was formed in 1971 in order to support good practice in survey computing and to disseminate information on techniques and survey software. The Group provided a forum for different disciplines which undertook survey research and statistical computing to discuss matters of common interest. It held regular conferences and issued publications to further this objective. The Group also compiled catalogues of software systems and provided assessments of them for their members. The Group was later renamed the Association for Survey Computing.

The collection is open to any accredited reader.

It is believed that these documents were donated to the National Archive for the History of Computing in 2007.

Photocopies and photographic copies of material in the archive can be supplied for private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents.

A number of items within the archive remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; it is the responsibility of users to obtain the copyright holder's permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study.

Prior written permission must be obtained from the Library for publication or reproduction of any material within the archive. Please contact the Head of Special Collections, John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3EH.