Descriptive Summary
Barker, Thomas
Thomas Barker Papers,
1980-1995
The collection deals with Barker's work with the
English Microlab Registry project at Texas Tech University.
U 382.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
1 box (1.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
The Engliash Microlab Registry (EMR) was a compilation of information about college and university microcomputing
facilities used to teach composition, business and technical writing. By 1986, over 105 labs were listed on
the registry. One of the uses for the registry cited by Dr. Barker was "For researchers, the EMR works like a
bibliography of sites that, surveyed and questioned, can provide insight into such topics as trends in
locally-developed software, networking, and applications."
Scope and Content
The collection documents English professor Thomas Barker's activities with the Microcomputer Learning
Laboratory and its English Microlab Registry (EMR) project at Texas Tech University. Included are Barker's
papers that he presented at conferences on the project, lesson plans, samples of student writing using
computers, background information on computer usage in academics at the time, newsletters and
publications of the EMR, and applications by other computer centers to be listed on the EMR publication.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Barker, Thomas.
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Tech University.
Texas Tech University. Dept. of English.
Places
Lubbock (Tex.)
Subjects
Computer-assisted instruction.
Education--Data processing.
Microprocessors.
Collection accession #(s):
2012-0105-B
Gift, 2012
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, 2012
Preferred Citation
Thomas Barker Papers, 1980-1995, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas
Collection Inventory
Manuscripts
1
1
Alumni Questionnaire Cards,
1995
1
2
Draft for Hemingway and the Roman Stoics,
1981
1
3
The English Microlab Registry (ERM) - includes 5 floppy discs,
1984
1
4
The English Microlab Registry (EMR),
Spring 1985
1
5
The English Microlab Registry (EMR),
Spring 1986
1
6
The English Microlab Registry (EMR),
Fall 1986
1
7
The English Microlab Registry Forms (Blank),
undated
1
8
The English Microlab Registry (EMR),
Spring 1985
1
9
The English Microlab Registry Order Forms,
1984
1
10
The English Microlab Registry Order Forms,
1984
1
11
The English Microlab Registry Order Forms,
1984-1985
1
12
The English Microlab Registry Order Forms,
1984-1985
1
13
Guidelines for Opening a Multipurpose Microcomputer Lab in an English Department,
1980-1983
1
14
Guidelines for Opening a Multipurpose Microcomputer Lab in an English Department,
1983-1986
1
15
Merit Salary Application by Thomas Barker,
1983
1
16
The Microcomputer Learning Laboratory User’s Guide,
1985
1
17
Microlab Lesson Files,
1986 and undated
1
18
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE),
1984
1
19
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE),
1986
1
20
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE),
1986
1
21
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE): Assembly on Computers in English (ACE),
1986
1
22
Publications on the English Microlab Registry by Thomas Barker,
1984-1985
1
23
Reading Material on Writing and Computers,
1983
1
24
Student Writing Samples,
1984 and undated
1
25
UCLA’s Computers and Writing Conference,
1984-1986
1
26
Wordshop: Tools for the Craft of Writing,
1984