Man-Machine Communication through a Teletypewriter.
Abstract
The report is a comprehensive research study of man-machine communication through a typewriter terminal. The study spans a full decade from 1962 - 1971. The most significant findings of the study are as follows: (1) There is an essential difference between information and data. (2-a.) There is an essential difference between information handling in a library versus a problem-solving environment. (2-b.) As a consequence of (2-a.) the computerized library information retrieval system need not be imbedded in a host system nor written re-entrant; the problem-solving data management system should be provided with both features. (3) The library information system does contain a conventional catalog card file but extended in scope in a computerized system to accomodate author, title, sponsoring agency, publisher, date, etc., and bibliographical capabilities. The computerized library information system should also provide indexing tools. (4) The rate of growth of all literature is rapid. But the rate of growth in any one subject area is relatively slow. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0763926
Entities
People
- Morris Rubinoff
Organizations
- Moore School of Electrical Engineering