British Computer Society
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- Current perspectives in healthcare computing [conference proceedings] 1991:back cover (The British Computer Society is also The Society of Information Systems Engineering and is the UK body concerned with all aspects of computing; granted a Royal Charter in 1984) ; 1998: t.p. verso (headquarters: 1 Sandford Street, Swindon SN1 1HJ)
- UK health computing : recollections and reflections, 2008:p.1 (British Computer Society, BCS, was founded in 1957 to provide a national body to represent all aspects of the activities of the emerging computing profession)
- Wikipedia, viewed 9 July 2015:under British Computer Society (BCS; its forerunner was the "London Computer Group" (LCG), founded in 1956; BCS was formed a year later from the merger of the LCG and an unincorporated association of scientists into an unincorporated club; BCS was incorporated in October 1957 as "The British Computer Society Ltd"; in 2009 it rebranded as BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, although this has not been reflected in a legal name change)
- The Computer journal, Apr. 1958-
- British Computer Society WWW site, Mar. 1, 2007:history of BCS page (London Computer Group (LCG), founded in 1956, BCS formed a year later)
- Wikipedia, Jan. 21, 2011(BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT: est. Oct. 1957, the British Computer Society re-branded itself as BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, Sept. 21, 2009)
Wikipedia description:
The British Computer Society (BCS), branded BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT since 2009, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in information technology (IT), computing, software engineering, computer engineering, information engineering and computer science, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Founded in October 14, 1957, BCS has played an important role in educating and nurturing IT professionals, computer scientists, software engineers, computer engineers, upholding the profession, accrediting Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, and creating a global community active in promoting and furthering the field and practice of computing.
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