A history of computer applications in libraries: prolegomena
W. Boyd Rayward · IEEE Annals of the History of Computing · 2002
Modern libraries are constituted within and by a tradition of techniques and practices that represent 100 years of codified professional knowledge. This article provides a historical overview of this tradition that created a complex environment of expectation and misunderstanding for introducing library automation. A generation of systems development was needed to assimilate and further develop this tradition.