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University funding on a per item basis
was orders of magnitude less than that for the book holdings and most of the Belfer's holdings: cylinders, tapes, 78 rpm disks and LP records, required us to play them for the user. It was clear that some method of re-recording, preservation and distribution needed to be found. The result of that search was a project, using networked computers that worked and turned out to be way ahead of its time. What we learned we were able to demonstrate at SU and DEC World. |