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Fontaine, Claudia – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1987
Describes the general methodology of time and motion studies and reports the results of a study which used this methodology to compare digitization of images in a microcomputer environment with storage of images on microforms. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Storage Devices, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Peer reviewedGay, Ruth – American Scholar, 1979
From the library's viewpoint, collection growth and the need to frequently update index terms make automation almost inevitable. But this triumph of technology over print is hard on scholars, who find microforms and printouts difficult to read and who cannot browse a database like a shelf or card catalog. (SJL)
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cataloging, Electromechanical Aids, Information Retrieval
