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BOX 69-82 |
Office of the Information Systems Specialist/Information Systems Office
(Deputy Librarian of Congress)
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Office files from the Office of the Information Systems Office from the early
1960s to about 1967. These files contain materials related to early automation
efforts, including the Conference on Libraries and Automation held in 1963, the
King Survey (of automation at the Library of Congress), the programming and
systems analysis services provided by United Aircraft for the MARC Pilot project
and the overall automation program at LC, and the survey conducted by Nelson
Associates for the National Serials Data Program. These items had been placed in
storage with the Central Services Division. |
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1963 |
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Reading file |
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1964 |
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Automation |
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Contractors |
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Meetings |
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Proposals (NSF National Inventory of the
World's Scientific and Technical Serial Publications) |
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Publications (drafts of LC reports, outside
reports) Public activities (drafts, papers contributed to ... or written by
... ISO staff) |
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Reading file |
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Conference on Libraries and Automation, May
26-29. 1963, Airlie Foundation, Warrenton, Va. Sponsored by the National
Science Foundation, Library of Congress, and Council on Library
Resources |
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Correspondence of conference |
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Mumford, L. Quincy |
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Welcoming address |
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Introductory remarks |
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Foreword |
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Reports (prepared for conference) |
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"Bibliography on Mechanized Library
Processes," (by Edward Mack McCormick) (Office of Science Information
Service, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., April 1963) 27
p. |
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"Libraries and Automation," (by Rutherford
D. Rogers) 7 p. |
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"Automated Storage and Access of
Bibliographic Information for Libraries," (by Richard L. Libby, Itek
Corp.) (Library of Congress, 1963) 61 p. + memo from Markuson forwarding
paper to Mumford, Rogers, Morrisey, Apr. 15, 1963 |
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"The Current Status of Graphic Storage
Techniques: Their Potential Application to Library Mechanization," (by
Samuel N. Alexander, National Bureau of Standards, Data Processing
Systems Division) (Washington: Library of Congress, 1963) 68
p. |
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"The Automation of Library Systems," (by
Gilbert W. King, Itek Corp.) (Washington: Library of Congress, 1963) 30
p. |
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"Index Files: Their Loading and
Organization for Use," (by Robert L. Patrick, Donald V. Black, Planning
Research Corp.) (Washington: Library of Congress, 1963) 68 p. |
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"Index Files: Their Loading and
Organization for Use," (by D.V. Black, R.L. Patrick) (Los Angeles:
Planning Research Corp., April 1963) 44 p. (edited and
annotated) |
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"Library Communications," (by J.W. Emling,
J.R. Harris, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.; H.J. McMains, American
Telephone Ac Telegraph) (Apr. 30, 1963) 35 p. + unpaged charts,
graphs |
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"Output Printing for Library
Mechanization," (by David E. Sparks, Lawrence H. Berul, David P. Waite,
Information Dynamics Corp., Wakefield, Mass.) (Washington: Library of
Congress, 1963) 55 p. |
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"Output Printing for Library
Mechanization," unpaged (draft? with editor's revisions) |
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"The Automation of Library Systems," (by
G.W. King) (draft? with handwritten revisions) |
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"Dialogues with a Library Machine; Future
Technology Will Permit New Kinds of Interaction between a Library and Its
Users," (by Don R. Swanson, University of Chicago) Draft. 35
p. |
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(Transcripts unless stated
otherwise) |
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"Design Requirements for a Future
Library," (by Don R. Swanson, University of Chicago) 30 p. (some
handwritten editorial corrections) |
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"Design Requirements for a Future
Library," 10 p. (discussion period—Sunday night) |
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"Session Four: Graphic Storage,"
(Discussion leader: Joseph Becker) 29 p. |
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"Session Three: File Storage and Access,"
(Discussion leader: Mortimer Taube) 63 p. |
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"File Organization and Conversion,"
(Introductory remarks by Verner W. Clapp) 5 p. |
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"Session Six: Network Communications,"
(Discussion period; discussion leader: Henry J. Dubester) 32
p. |
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"Session Two: File Organization and
Conversion," (Discussion leader: Albert Warheit) 30 p. (+ earlier draft?
30 p.) |
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"Graphic Storage, May 28," (summary by
McCormick, reporter) 2 p. double-spaced (+ 1 p. single-spaced carbon of
typescript) |
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Conference data sheet (describes housing,
transportation, meals, etc.)(Transcripts unless stated
otherwise) |
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"Libraries and Automation," (by Rutherford
D. Rogers) 7 p. |
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"Output Printing," (summary by Harold
Borko, reporter) 3 p. double-spaced (+ 2 p. single- spaced, with
corrections by Borko) |
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"Session on File Organization and
Conversion," (summary? by L.B. Heilprin, reporter) 13 p. double-spaced (+
10 p. single-spaced, edited) |
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"Topics for State-of-the-Art Papers for
Conference on Library Mechanization, May 26-29, 1963," (Library of
Congress, Jan. 4, 1963) 4 p. |
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(Transcripts unless stated
otherwise) |
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"AIRLIE Conference, Tuesday evening, May
29. 1963, 8:15-10:30 p.m. Discussion of the paper 'Library
Communications,’ by J.W. Emling, J.R. Harris, and H.J. McMains." "(In the
chair: R.D. Rogers; discussion leader: H.J. Dubester; recorder: M.W.
McFarland) 7 p. (summary) |
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"Output Printing for Library
Mechanization, Tuesday, May 28, 1963," (Discussion leader: Frank B.
Rogers) 36 p. |
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"Monday, May 27, 2 to 3:30 p.m. and 8:15
to 10 p.m.: File Storage and Access. Paper: Richard Libby, 'Automated
Storage and Access of Bibliographic Information for Libraries,' "
(Discussion leader: Mortimer Taube; reporter: Angell) 4 p. (summary) (+ 3
p., edited) |
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"Conference on Libraries and Automation,
Meeting of Discussion Leaders, May 13, 1963, Library of Congress," (prepared
by Marlene Morrisey, Executive Assistant to the Librarian, May 14, 1963)
(preliminary schedule, summary of the discussion) |
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"Summary of the Session on Automated Library
Systems, Wednesday, May 29, 1963, 8:40-11:30 a.m. ... Chairman of the Day:
Burton W. Adkinson, Head, Office of Science Information Policy, National
Science Foundation. State-of-the-Art Paper: 'The Automation of Library
Systems,' Gilbert W. King, Vice President and Director of Research, Itek
Corp." (Discussion leader: Foster Mohrhardt, Director, National Agricultural
Library; reporter: Marlene Morrisey) 9 p. |
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(Other conference documents) |
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"Meeting of Authors of State-of-the-Art
Papers for Conference on Libraries and Automation, Wednesday, February
27, 1963," (prepared by Marlene Morrisey, March 8, 1963) 10
p. |
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"Meeting of Planning Committee for
Conference on Libraries and Automation, February 18, 1963," (prepared by
Marlene Morrisey, February 28, 1963) 8 p. |
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"Meeting of Planning Committee for Airlie
Conference on Library Mechanization ... February 18, 1963 ... Agenda." 4
p. |
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"Planning Meeting for Prospective
Conference on Mechanization in Libraries ... November 20, 1962, Library
of Congress," (prepared by Marlene Morrisey ... November 29, 1962) 10
p. |
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"Meeting of Planning Committee for
Conference on Libraries and Automation ... April 24, 1963 ... Agenda." 1
p. (with handwritten comments) |
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"Conference on Libraries and Automation.
Participants." 10 p. (who is coming, alternates for participants—arranged
by type of institution; travel arrangements, other special arrangements,
etc.) |
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"Conference on Libraries and Automation.
List of Participants ... May 26-29, 1963." 5 p. (registrants as of May
21, 1963) |
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Report on the Conference on Libraries and
Automation (prepared by Marlene Morrisey) |
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Memo submitting documents |
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"Conference on Libraries ... Report on the
Proceedings." 9 p. (typescript) |
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"General Summary of the Conference:
Conclusions and Recommendations." 13 p. (typescript, with some editorial
corrections) |
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"Summary of the Discussions." 44 p. (most
typescript, some copies) |
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"Appendix I. Opening Address: Dialogues
with a Library Machine, by Don R. Swanson." 35 p. (draft) |
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"Appendix II. Summary of Remarks, by
Rutherford D. Rogers." 7 p. (typescript) |
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"Appendix III. Biographies of Authors and
Discussion Leaders." 6 p. (typescript) |
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"Appendix IV. State-of-the-Art Papers."
(not included) |
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"Appendix V. List of Participants in the
Conference." (copy, with some corrections) |
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(Carbon of typescripts as noted
above) |
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(Photocopy of carbons?) |
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Publicity |
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Illustrations (negatives) |
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Conference on ... Reviews and Comments
(articles from Library of Congress Information Bulletin and professional
journals) |
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Verbatim Transcript of the Proceedings of the
Conference on Libraries and Automation ... under the Sponsorship of ...
Council on Library Resources, National Science Foundation, Library of
Congress ... Airlie Foundation, Warrenton, Virginia, May 26-29, 1963.
(Washington: Library of Congress, 1963) |
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"Session I. Discussion of Dr. Swanson's Talk
on 'Design Requirements for a Future Library ’ " 17 p. |
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"Session II. Discussion on Black and Patrick
Paper on 'File Organization and Conversion.' " 30 p. |
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"Session III. Discussion on Richard Libby's
Paper on 'File Storage and Access.' " 81 p. |
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Session IV. Discussion of Samuel Alexander's
Paper on 'Graphic Storage.' " |
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"Session V. Discussion of Paper by Sparks,
Berul, and Waite on 'Output Printing.' " 41 p. |
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"Session VI. Discussion of Paper by Emling on
'Communications Systems for Libraries' and by Emling, Harris, McMains on
'Library Communications.’ " 48 p. |
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"Session (?). Introductory remarks by Verner
W. Clapp ..." 1 p. (carbon) |
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"Session VII. Discussion of Paper by Gil King
on ’Automated Library Systems.' " 71 p. |
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1966 |
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Automation LC projects—Automation
clearinghouse, MARC Pilot Project (miscellaneous correspondence, notes, MARC
Pilot Project report #4) |
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Committees, conferences and meetings
(American Library Association, American Documentation Institute, and
others) |
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Organization. Includes: Functions and
Activities, Procedures, Policy Decisions and Program Directives |
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Public activities—Articles & speeches
(some prepared by Barbara Markuson and Samuel Snyder for Deputy Librarian of
Congress and Librarian of Congress; carbons, edited drafts, copies,
etc.) |
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Publications—"MARC Pilot Project Report No.
4; Final Technical Report Describing the MARC Pilot System," (prepared by
United Aircraft Corporation, United Aircraft Corporate Systems Center)
(Washington: Library of Congress, October 1966) 157 p. + appendixes (archive
copy) |
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Reading file (letters, memos, reports—not
complete) |
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1965 |
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Automation—LC projects |
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ISS planning memo 1, 2 and 3
(miscellaneous correspondence, memos, drafts) |
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Machine-readable catalog record
(miscellaneous correspondence, memos, drafts) |
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System development study (miscellaneous
correspondence, memos, drafts) |
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Progress reports (Oct. 1964-March
1965) |
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California List (of Books for a College
Library; project abandoned because of LC objections) (miscellaneous
correspondence, memos) |
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Miscellaneous (correspondence,
memos) |
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Consultants |
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Bregzis, Ritvars (University of Toronto
Library) |
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Gillespie, Constantine (National Library
of Medicine) |
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Committees, Conferences and
Meetings |
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Automation Steering Group (LC) |
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COLA (Committee on Library Automation,
independent unaffiliated group; predecessor of ALA's Information Science
and Automation Division) |
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Interagency Committee on ADP |
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Miscellaneous |
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Contractors |
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Inforonics (progress reports, other
documents) |
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Prospective |
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System Development Corporation (proposed
project) |
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Proposals |
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Documentation, Inc. |
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ISO (correspondence, memos, drafts,
various proposals for projects) |
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Miscellaneous (correspondence, memos,
proposals related to outside projects) |
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United Aircraft |
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Personnel (most related to details,
assignments to MARC project) |
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Public activities—Articles and addresses—ISO
staff members |
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Publications (archive set)—Engineering Notes
No. 1, 2, 3 (also memos about other publications) |
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No. 1. "Problems Associated with
Converting Files to Machine-Readable Form," (by Don Rickerson) June 1965.
5 p. |
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No. 2. "Video Consoles," (by Don
Rickerson) July 1965. 7 p. |
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No. 3. "Input Keyboard Design," (by Don
Rickerson) September 1965. 5 p. |
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Reading files |
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Jan.-June 1965 |
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July-Dec. 1965 |
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"Mechanization of Services and Functions in the
Library of Congress," (memo, March 24, 1960; distribution to other
agencies) |
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"Mechanization of Services and Functions in the
Library of Congress," (copy of memo above) |
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