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In 1953, Harley E. Tillitt began experiments on storage and searching of a coordinate index using an IBM 701 Calculator. The program was operational in 1954, searching the library's coordinate index, which had been converted to a truncated machine readable form. A paper, believed to be the first report on library-related computerization, describing the system was presented at an IBM Computation Seminar in 1954. That paper is reprinted.

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ERIC Subject
Thermodynamics;
Indexing;
Scientific Concepts;
Numbers;
Cataloging;
Research and Development;
Physics;
Chemistry;
Organic Chemistry;
Libraries
Subject
Libraries;
History;
Mathematical analysis;
Computer applications;
Searching;
Automation;
Subject heading schemes;
Library of Congress Subject Headings;
Documents;
Indexes;
Experiments;
Storage;
Computation;
Computerization
Business indexing term
Location
United States--US
Classification
9190: US
5240: Software & systems
5200: Communications & information management
51921: Libraries and Archives
Title
An experiment in information searching with the 701 calculator
Author
Tillitt, Harley E
Publication title
Information Technology and Libraries; Chicago
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
47
Number of pages
4
Publication year
1993
Publication date
Mar 1993
Publisher
American Library Association
Place of publication
Chicago
Country of publication
United States
Publication subject
Library And Information Sciences, Library And Information Sciences--Computer Applications, Computers--Information Science And Information Theory
ISSN
07309295
CODEN
ITLBDC
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
PERIODICAL
Accession number
00716229
ProQuest document ID
215838079
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/experiment-information-searching-with-701/docview/215838079/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright American Library Association Mar 1993
Last updated
2025-11-19
Database
ProQuest One Academic