Imagining Information Retrieval in the Library: Desk Set in Historical Context
(2002) Imagining Information Retrieval in the Library: Desk Set in Historical Context. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 24(3):pp. 14-22.
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Abstract
In the 1950s, a computer that could hold the contents of a library, retrieve facts, and formulate questions was laughable to many. The 1957 movie Desk Set accurately mirrored the way ordinary citizens perceived computers and their possible consequences. On another level, the film's focus on libraries was an ideal juxtaposition of human's intellectual capacity with machines' processing capacity.
| EPrint Type: | Journal Article (Paginated) |
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| Keywords: | Information storage and retrieval Technical advances History of computing Standard types of documents |
| Subjects: | Libraries Information Systems |
| ID Code: | 743 |
| Deposited On: | 04 March 2005 |
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