Reminiscences of Lawrence Buckland: oral history, 1990.

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Reminiscences of Lawrence Buckland: oral history, 1990.

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Intelligence data processing, Rome Air Development Center, Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, 1954-1958; American Documentation Institute: updating of documentation methods, computerization; Itek, 1958-1962: development of data base for documentation, 1960, building of computer to simultaneously record data and produce card catalogs; establishment of Inforonics, Inc.: development of database to encode typographic characteristics in cataloging, early text processing, development of first system for simultaneous storage of encoded data while keyboarding manuscript, consultant, Library of Congress: first discussions of Machine-readable Catalogue System (MARC), adaptation of Inforonics' systems to librarians' cataloging. needs, work with processing bibliographies, data-element set design, standardization of formats.

Transcript: 39 leaves.Tape: 1 cassette.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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