title: Looking backward, 1984-1959: twenty-five years of library automation--a personal view.
abstract: A brief profile of Janet Doe is given. Twenty-five years of library automation are reviewed from the author's point of view. Major projects such as the SUNY Biomedical Communication Network and the Regional Online Union Catalog of the Greater Midwest Regional Medical Library Network are discussed. Important figures in medical library automation are considered, as is the major role played by the National Library of Medicine.
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007256:Information Systems / Q000266:history*; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000266:history*; D008523:MEDLARS; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D014481:United States