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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1979
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ222890 |
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- The Machine in the Library. Gay, Ruth Card Catalogs Cataloging Electromechanical Aids Information Retrieval Library Automation Library Catalogs Library of Congress Classification Microforms Online Systems Problems Research Libraries Research Methodology Research Tools From the library's viewpoint, collection growth and the need to frequently update index terms make automation almost inevitable. But this triumph of technology over print is hard on scholars, who find microforms and printouts difficult to read and who cannot browse a database like a shelf or card catalog. (SJL)