THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND THE FUTURE OF ITS CATALOGUE

Abstract

This attempt to prick Colossus demands an apology and an explanation. The main suggestion outlined below has long revolved in my mind, but I would certainly never have had the temerity to set it down in black and white but for the encouragement received in the Library of Congress itself. During a recent visit to Washington I was invited by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Luther Evans, and by several members of his learned staff, to express my views on the Library and its catalogue. Intellectual hospitality of this order invites and deserves a frank response. Here it is. It is hardly necessary to say that I alone am responsible for what follows, though I gratefully acknowledge both the encouragement and the information freely given me, especially by Mr. Herman Henkle, Director of the Processing Department of the Library of Congress.

Citation

BESTERMAN, T. (1946), "THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND THE FUTURE OF ITS CATALOGUE", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 1 No. 4, pp. 194-205. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026075