Toward Paperless Information SystemsMonograph forecasting computerization of information processing of scientific and technical information - reviews the trends in computerized information retrieval since 1963, deals with the evolution of electronic publishing and feasibility of electronic information systems, and discusses future paperless communication, the role of librarys in a paperless society, etc. Bibliography pp. 167 to 174, diagrams, graphs and statistical tables. |
Contents
The Application of Computers to the Storage | 5 |
Natural Language Searching | 13 |
Other Information Sources | 19 |
Copyright | |
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