Word: computerizes
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Even as the University celebrated the official opening of its new on-line computer catalog, the director of the Harvard University Library said yesterday more technological innovations must be made to keep the library up to date.
But, although Verba acknowledged that theUniversity took a long time to develop HOLLIS, hesaid the new computer system will be the lynchpinin his plans to make new and more sophisticatedtechnology available to Harvard's thousands oflibrary-goers.
"We're trying to scratch our way into the 20th century," Allen says, adding that the computer allows cases to be simultaneously filed with the state and federal government, if they share jurisdiction.
A major problem with HOLLIS is that of access (a problem with all user-oriented computing at Harvard). HOLLIS is not presently accessible from campus networks (or is so far not documented as such). From a terminal in the Science Center, it is impossible for a student or faculty member...
I eagerly await the computer cataloging system that the Harvard community needs. John Norman, GSAS