Brief Description: Audiovisual materials including recordings of LITA institutes: The Catalog (1975), The Catalog in the Age of Technological Change (1977), Automated Circulation Systems (1977), Management of Information for the 80's: A LITA Regional Institute by Satellite (1978), Closing the Catalog (1978), Authority Control: the Key to Tomorrow's Catalog (1979), Automated Acquisitions Systems (1979), Serials Automation Acquisition and Inventory Control (1980), The Office in the Home (1981), and State of the Art Telecommunications (1986).

Record Series Number: 26/3/13

Created by: Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)

Volume: 2.0 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 10/2/91

Arrangement: Chronological

Biographical Note for Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) :

The Information Science and Automation Division (ISAD) was established on January 28, 1966 to deal with the development and application of electronic data processing techniques and the use of automated systems in all areas of library work (1).

In January 1978 the names was changed to Library and Information Technology Association (LITA). Its new function was to concern itself with the development and application of automated systems analysis and design, electronic data processing techniques, communications technology, and related technological developments in all areas of library work. Within these fields, the Division fosters research, promotes the development of appropriate standards, disseminates information, and provides a forum for the discussion of common problems (2).

Division was dissolved on September 1, 2020, and merged into a new division, Core.

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