There are a number of organizations dedicated to the preservation and history of slide rules. The main umbrella organization is called the Ougthred Society after the inventor of the slide rule William Oughtred. The Oughtred society's home page is Other OrganisationsOther organizations are usually country based groups. The main ones being The UKSRG based in England http://sliderules.lovett.com/uksrc/index.html The Kring Historsche Rekeninstrumentem (Dutch Circle for Historical Calculating Instruments) http://www.rekeninstrumenten.nl/index.html The three groups hold an annual meeting called the "International Meeting of Slide Rules & Historical Calculating Instrument Collectors". The meeting location is allocated on a rotating basis and this year 2009 it is to be held in the Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany on the 04 - 06th September, 2009 |