Engineering and Technology History Wiki
The Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) is a MediaWiki-based website dedicated to the history of technology.{{cite journal
| last = November | first = Joseph
| date = September 2017
| doi = 10.1093/jahist/jax305
| issue = 2
| journal = Journal of American History
| pages = 575–576
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| title = Engineering and Technology History Wiki
| language = en
| volume = 104}} It started operating in 2015. It consists of articles, first-hand accounts, oral histories, landmarks and milestones.[https://psrc.aapt.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=45 ETHW: The Engineering and Technology History Wiki.] AAPT, Physical Science Resource Center. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
A partnership between the United Engineering Foundation (UEF) and its member engineering organizations ASCE, AIME, AIChE, ASME, IEEE as well as the Society of Women Engineers is developing the ETHW as a central repository for the documentation, analysis and explanation of the history of technology.{{cite journal
| date = March 2016
| department = new and noteworthy at TMS
| doi = 10.1007/s11837-016-1905-2
| issue = 5
| journal = JOM
| page = 1271
| publisher = The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
| title = New Resource Preserves Engineering and Technology History
| volume = 68| doi-access = free
}}
Origins
In September 2008, the IEEE History Committee founded the IEEE Global History Network,{{cite web |title=Main Page |url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |website=GHN |access-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019034333/http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |archive-date=19 October 2008}}{{cite book |last1=Baal-Schem |first1=J. |title=2009 IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems |chapter=GHN — the IEEE Global History Network |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5385936 |access-date=14 August 2022 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1109/COMCAS.2009.5385936 |date=November 2009|isbn=978-1-4244-3985-0 |s2cid=34566835 }}{{cite web |title=Oral-History:Frederik Nebeker |url=https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Frederik_Nebeker#The_Global_History_Network_and_STARS |website=Engineering and Technology History Wiki |access-date=14 August 2022 |language=en |date=26 January 2021}}{{cite web |title=ETHW:About |url=https://ethw.org/ETHW:About |website=Engineering and Technology History Wiki |access-date=14 August 2022 |language=en |date=13 October 2021}} which operated from 2008 to 2014.{{cite conference
| last = Brewer | first = Nathan
| contribution = Wikis and public history – a case study of the IEEE Global History Network
| date = August 2015
| doi = 10.1109/histelcon.2015.7307309
| publisher = IEEE
| title = 2015 ICOHTEC/IEEE International History of High-Technologies and their Socio-Cultural Contexts Conference (HISTELCON)}} The ETHW became successor to the former IEEE Global History Network (IEEE GHN).
Originally, the United Engineering Foundation had made a grant to develop an engineering intersociety web platform as a central historical repository.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefoundation.org/UEF%20GRANTS%202015.pdf |title=UEF Grants 2015 |access-date=2015-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122710/http://www.uefoundation.org/UEF%20GRANTS%202015.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }} Initially, the work was mainly done at the IEEE History Center.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180511145825/https://www.ieee.org/about/history-center/history.html Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE History Center] annexed to the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.[http://www.stevens.edu/cal/ieee-hc IEEE History Center, Stevens Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Letters.]
At the beginning, most content was related to electrical, electronics and computer engineering. As the fields of civil engineering, mining, metallurgical and petroleum engineering, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering are covered by members of the respective organizations now, ETHW is becoming a global record for preserving knowledge of the history of technological innovation in a broad sense. It differs from other online sources, as personal accounts of technical innovators as primary sources are made available to the public. After its start as a common platform for several engineering societies, the Society of Women Engineers and the Society of Petroleum Engineers have contributed new content as well.{{Cite magazine |url=http://insight.ieeeusa.org/insight/content/views/96167 |title=Unveiling the Engineering and Technology History Wiki|magazine= IEEE Insight|date= April 6, 2015|first=Nathan|last=Brewer |access-date=May 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213020042/http://insight.ieeeusa.org/insight/content/views/96167 |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{citation|url=http://alltogether.swe.org/articles/my-brush-with-history/|first=Meredith|last=Holmes|title=My Brush with History|magazine=SWE Magazine|date= April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406165752/http://alltogether.swe.org/articles/my-brush-with-history/|archive-date=2016-04-06}}
As of 2018, ETHW included thousands of wiki entries, and recorded over 800 oral histories.{{cite journal
| last1 = Letaief | first1 = Khaled B.
| last2 = Michelson | first2 = David
| date = December 2018
| doi = 10.1109/mcom.2018.8570029
| issue = 12
| journal = IEEE Communications Magazine
| pages = 4–5
| title = Scanning Our Past
| volume = 56| doi-access = free
}}
Comparison with Wikipedia
ETHW is a semi-open wiki. In contrast to Wikipedia, no anonymous writing is allowed. Members of the affiliated engineering organizations can contribute their own autobiographical professional history and experiences as First-hand History or are interviewed to provide their Oral History. Administrators review these postings to see whether they conform with the rules established. In contrast to ETHW encyclopedia articles and landmarks/milestones, such content is subjective and not peer reviewed. Changes can only be made by the original author. Not all content can be used freely by everybody.
Sources
External links
- [http://ethw.org Engineering and Technology History Wiki]
- [http://www.uefoundation.org United Engineering Foundation]
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