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crl-12879	Tuttle, Helen W.	From Cutter to Computer: Technical Services in Academic and Research Libraries, 1876-1976	1976-09-01	31	.pdf	application/pdf	18570	984	61	And so we come from Cutter to the computer, from Cutter's clear statement of what cataloging should be as a basis for uniformity of practice to the com- puter as ' a tool for implementing coop- erative and centralized cataloging with all that implies for library service. These are: ( 1) the .achievement of a standard format for bibliographic records in machine-readable form and the associated production at the Li- brary of Congress and elsewhere of a sizable data base of such records; ( 2) a continuing sharp decrease in the cost of certain components of electronic data processing systems; ( 3) continu- ing increases in the capacity and re- liability of electric communications channels with concomitant decreases in the unit costs of the channels; and ( 4) the creation of evolving modular, computer-based library systems, which take advantage of the three other changes just mentioned.l92 Based on D. R. Swanson's predictions, Hanson and Daily describe the most ad- vanced form of the catalog of the fu- ture as a computerized catalog with eleven performance goals: User dialogues (programmed interro- gation), aids to browsing, user-indexed library, access to in-depth information, wheat and chaff identification, national network of libraries, national net- work of bibliographic tools, instant in- formation, remote interrogation and delivery, active dissemination, and quality control over library services (improved feedback) ,193 The Library of Congress leadership in developing machine-readable catalog- ing (MARC) with its potential for pro- viding instant availability of standard- ized cataloging coupled with the .loca- tion of specific copies of texts makes networking possible.	cache/crl-12879.pdf	txt/crl-12879.txt