Software off the shelf: in‐house information with a micro

Abstract

The subject of this paper is two‐fold, in that I have been asked to consider the availability and the practical use of software packages for information retrieval with a microcomputer. From the outset, it can be said that the microcomputer is capable of handling many aspects of library work, not least information retrieval. This is particularly true now that most of the earlier constraints on memory and storage capacity have been overcome. The widespread availability of hard disks capable of storing up to 100 million characters, and the advent of the faster and more powerful 16‐bit systems have already brought the microcomputer to a point where it can rival some minicomputer systems: promised technical developments suggest that this progress will continue in the forseeable future.

Citation

Burton, P. (1983), "Software off the shelf: in‐house information with a micro", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 35 No. 9, pp. 335-345. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050894