Online retrieval history; how it all began: some personal recollections

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Title:	Online retrieval history; how it all began: some personal recollections
Author(s):	J.L. Hall, (Abingdon, UK)
Citation:	J.L. Hall, (2011) "Online retrieval history; how it all began: some personal recollections", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 67 Iss: 1, pp.182 - 193
Keywords:	History, Information retrieval, Worldwide web
Article type:	General review
DOI:	10.1108/00220411111105506 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the history of online searching through the views of one of its pioneers. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents, and comments on, the recollections of Jim Hall, one of the earliest UK-based operators of, and writers on, online retrieval systems. Findings – The paper gives an account of the development of online searching in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. Originality/value – The paper presents the perspective of one of the pioneers of online searching.