Creation of Computer Input in an Expanded Character Set

Authors

  • Donald V. Black System Development Corporation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v1i2.2928

Abstract

Keypunching of an expanded character set for library catalog data is described. The set included 101 different characters. Source documents were shelf list cards, the master record at the University of California Library, Santa Cruz. At the end of February 1967, some 50 million characters, representing more than 110,000 separate titles, had been punched. Some of the considerations leading to the adoption of this method for the creation of machine readable input are given, and details on costs and production rates.

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Published

1968-05-31

How to Cite

Black, D. V. (1968). Creation of Computer Input in an Expanded Character Set. Information Technology and Libraries, 1(2), 110–120. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v1i2.2928