SLJ: Milestones in Library Technology

[Donald Barclay]

For my money, a great milestone in library technology was the publication
of:

Mason, Ellsworth. “The Great Gas Bubble Prick't or, Computers Revealed-by a
Gentleman of Quality.” College and Research Libraries. (32:3; 183-196). May
1971.

Ellsworth Mason, then director of the library at Temple University, makes a
compelling argument against the use computers in libraries. Should be
required reading for all futurists.

Donald A. Barclay
Houston Academy of Medicine-       always the beautiful answer
Texas Medical Center Library           who asks the more beautiful question
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