LizJun 5, 2023
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Ingenious librarians
A group of 1970s campus librarians foresaw our world of distributed knowledge and research, and designed search tools for it. By Monica Westin
via @aeon+psyche magazine

https://aeon.co/essays/the-1970s-librarians-who-revolutionised-the-challenge-of-search?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=38dd9ec67a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-38dd9ec67a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

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The 1970s librarians who revolutionised the challenge of search | Aeon Essays

A group of 1970s campus librarians foresaw our world of distributed knowledge and research, and designed search tools for it

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Jun 5, 2023 at 3:55pmWeb
Show threadScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈Jun 5, 2023

@gutenberg_org @aeon

A science fiction story, written in the 1940s, also predicted a vast database of knowledge, accessible to everyone in their homes, through a dedicated viewer / keyboard setup.

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@gutenberg_org @aeon No mention of the microfiche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform
Microform - Wikipedia

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@michaelgraaf @aeon

It seems this research was based on a computer-based information retrieval system. Thanks for your concern.

Show thread#WikiPartyJun 6, 2023
@gutenberg_org @aeon The two were integrated - computer search was used to locate documents in microfiche archives.
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@michaelgraaf @aeon

Thanks for the heads-up.

Show threadTempo on the PulseJun 5, 2023

@gutenberg_org @aeon

Z39.50 KWIC KWOC - hardly remembered at all. 😪 Such good, effective and scalable tools.