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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eight years in the making, the much heralded HOLLIS (Harvard On-Line Library Information System) computer system made its public debut a week ago, as students and faculty first witnessed blinking cursors on eight terminals in Widener Library.

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Welcome to the HOLLIS Zone | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

Sleek, new computer terminals have entirely replaced the wooden card catalogs in the two principal undergraduate libraries--Lamont and Hilles--and even Widener's old-fashioned card catalogs will become more and more obsolete as all new acquisitions go directly into the new computer system. HOLLIS, which library officials describe...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Welcome to the HOLLIS Zone | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

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.

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Welcome to the HOLLIS Zone | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Welcome to the HOLLIS Zone | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

Yet the computer system may soon be outdated.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."

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Welcome to the HOLLIS Zone | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

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