Automation and the library of congress

Automation and the Library of Congress — Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1964; 88 pages, illus. $2.00. This work represents the survey findings conducted by a team of experts in the areas of documentation and electronic information-processing systems. The basic recommendations of the group are contained in a succinct 24-page presentation that constitutes the body of the book. An appendix presents in detail a particular system configuration, with a cost analysis indicating that minimal automation could be accomplished for about $30 million, and that the entire scope of the recommendations just mentioned could be achieved at a cost of $50 million to $70 million — an amount approximately equal to the budget of the Library of Congress for three years.