Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But even as the libraries are making the adjustment to the computer age, visits to them are becoming unnecessary. From the comfort of a dorm room or an office, anyone with a personal computer, a modem and the appropriate software can hook into the system.
Without ever venturing to any of the 32 Harvard libraries that now offer public access to HOLLIS, computer owners will be able to compile and save listings from the 3 million records currently available on the system. And their access will only improve. Although the HOLLIS listings are far from...
Yet the computer system may soon be outdated. "The basic technology is very good for the short term," says Priscilla Caplan, who heads the library office of systems development. "But nobody expects the next generation of library systems to look anything like it."
The two successfully completed the separation from Mir early Tuesday morning, then crawled into the cramped re-entry vehicle and jettisoned the compartment of the Soyuz craft that contained toilet facilities and living space. They had just settled in to await the firing of the computer-controlled rocket that was...
When the re-entry manuever was attempted again, three hours later, the rocket abruptly stopped after just seven seconds. Reason: it had apparently not occurred to either the cosmonauts or the ground controllers to reprogram the computer for the spacecraft's new position. Lyakhov responded by pressing a manual button...