Reminiscences of William J. Welsh : oral history, 1988.

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Reminiscences of William J. Welsh : oral history, 1988.

Early development of Machine-readable Catalogue System [MARC], Library of Congress; key people involved in establishment and installation of MARC; conditions at Library of Congress and other libraries prior to MARC automation; effects of closing card catalog systems; introduction of foreign language cataloging.

Transcript: 22 leaves.Tape: 1 cassette.

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

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Librarian. From the description of Reminiscences of William J. Welsh : oral history, 1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419950 ...