A hidden treasure on computer science pre-history in Pisa: the CSCE collection

Biagioni S, Giannini S

K.2 History of Computing  H.3.7 Digital Libraries. Collection  CSCE  CEP 

The collection of the Center for the Study of Electronic Computers (CSCE) contains the scientific documentation produced by the staff and associate members of the Center. The CSCE was established by the University of Pisa with the specific purpose of designing and building the first electronic computer entirely built in Italy: the CEP, standing for "Pisan Electronic Computer". In recent times we have carried out the analysis, the description and the digitization of these historical documents, stored in paper copy at our library, and turned them into an Open Access digital archive freely available at http://csce.isti.cnr.it/.