Letter in The Guardian about Babbage & Turing 19.11.10

The Guardian Letters Page 19.11.10

Dear Sir
 
Next Tuesday, Christie's will be selling a number of outstanding
works which are a critical part of the computing and computer science
history of our Nation.
 
Two stand out. One is rare offprint of Charles Babbage's Mechanical Notation
which underscored his invention known as the Analytical Engine. The other relates to Alan Turing's seminal studies including his pioneering work on Artificial Intelligence.

The Waverley Criteria relates to ensuring works of national scholarship and importance are kept in this country. I think this needs updating so that any works that fit the criteria, even if sold to a UK buyer, must make provision for a digital version to be deposited at the British Library.

Yours aye
 
Derek Wyatt
Founder, Internet Policy Institute