Washington DC. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. White book covers are very slightly soiled. No other defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Proceedings of the Conference on Libraries and Automation held at Airlie foundation, Warrenton, Virginia, May 26-30, 1963, under sponsorship of the Library of Congress, National Science foundation, and Council on Library Resources, Inc. This is the so-called "White Book, " and is one of the earliest analytical publications dealing with how libraries might be automated using a computer. Book's former owner was Bernard Fry, early information scientist and former Director of the U. S Technical Documentation Center and later Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, and bears his ownership signature. A letter to Bernard Fry from L. Quincy Mumford, then Librarian of Congress, is laid in, SIGNED by Mumford. . 4to - 11" to 13" tall. 268 pages. Signed by Notable Personage, Related. B0 .

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Bookseller: Sweet Beagle Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20915
Title: Libraries and Automation
Author: Markuson, Barbara Evans, Ed
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Library of Congress
Place of Publication: Washington DC. Washington DC
Date Published: 1964
Keywords: Library Automation, Library And Information Science, Classic Work
Bookseller catalogs: Library and Information Science; Computers and Computing;

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