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The Role of Technology in the Historical Development of Libraries Pre-Automation

The Role of Technology in the Historical Development of Libraries Pre-Automation

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466647350|ISBN10: 1466647353|EISBN13: 9781466647367
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4735-0.ch002
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Deborah Hicks. "The Role of Technology in the Historical Development of Libraries Pre-Automation." Technology and Professional Identity of Librarians: The Making of the Cybrarian, IGI Global, 2014, pp.21-37. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4735-0.ch002

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D. Hicks (2014). The Role of Technology in the Historical Development of Libraries Pre-Automation. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4735-0.ch002

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Deborah Hicks. "The Role of Technology in the Historical Development of Libraries Pre-Automation." In Technology and Professional Identity of Librarians: The Making of the Cybrarian. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4735-0.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter examines the role of five different types of technology that have impacted libraries pre-automation: card catalogue, the telegraph and telephone, the phonograph and other audio visual technologies, microfilm, and punched cards. These technologies were used to varying degrees by librarians to improve organizational efficiencies and provide services to patrons. Only one of these technologies is specific to libraries – the card catalogue. Its development is an important indicator for understanding what it was past librarians valued. In a similar manner, how the remaining technologies were incorporated, or not incorporated as the case may be, into library services provides insight into what librarians felt was most important in providing services to patrons.

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