SIGCIS is one of the Special Interest Groups of the Society for the History of Technology, addressing all aspects of the history of information technology, its use and relationship to wider society. Membership includes over two hundred people worldwide and is open to all without charge, including those who are not members of SHOT.

SIGCIS activities include the award of the Computer History Museum Prize for an outstanding book on the history of computing, presented annually at a lunchtime session during the annual meeting of SHOT. Since 2009, SIGCIS has also organized a full day workshop with multiple streams of programming in conjunction with each SHOT meeting.

SIGCIS also helps its members put together panels for other conferences such as the 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science) meeting, the Business History Conference, and the History of Science Society meeting. The email distribution list is also used to organize informal dinners of SIGCIS members at these and other conferences.

The SIGCIS website holds a variety of electronic resources, including guides to the History of Computing literature, a selection of work contributed by members, a growing collection of syllabi in the field, and pages describing our book prize, travel grants, and fundraising activities. Further information on how to join and subscribe to the mailing list is available from the site.