id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ital-5772	Shoffner, Ralph M.	ISAD Ad Hoc Committee Reports	1973-09-01	18	.pdf	application/pdf	8074	351	43	the establishment of a journal which would pull together articles on library automation, which at that time were appearing in many different places; 2. provision of a clearinghouse for information on library automation proj- ects; 3. creation of a bank of computer programs and related documentation for use by other libraries planning similar applications; 4. evaluation of library automation equipment and applications; 5. tutorial seminars, preconference meetings and other educational programs. Before this date, there was no mem- bership unit within ALA with the sole responsibility for library automation, so there was no effective way for librarians involved with automation to communi- cate, or to learn from each other's experiences.	cache/ital-5772.pdf	txt/ital-5772.txt