MICROFICHE 1969 - A USER SURVEY

Abstract

A survey was made of user reactions to microfiche, conducted at the request of COSATI, based on over 300 letters received from scientists, engineers, librarians and information specialists. Chapter titles are: Summary, conclusions and recommendations; Background; Department of Defense Libraries; Impact of DDC User Charges; Government Libraries; Industrial Libraries; University and non-profit libraries; Individuals and Microfiche (a) The Enthusiasts, (b) The Reluctant Converts, (c) The Agonistics; Fiche Quality and Format; and Microfiche Readers and Reader Printers. Most of the text is devoted to excerpts from the letters. Three alternative strategies are recommended for dealing with microfiche; ignore it and it will go away; drive it underground or, learn to live with it until something better comes along (as it probably will). The text abounds with examples of those who have managed to adopt the last of these strategies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0695049

Entities

People

  • Harold Wooster

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
  • Cameras
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Hard Copy
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Instructors
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Military Academy

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.