Oral history interview with William J. Welsh 1988
Oral history interview with William J. Welsh 1988
interview segment (audio) part 2
- Name
- Welsh, William J. (William Joseph), 1919-2012 (Interviewee)
- Fall, James E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with William J. Welsh 1988
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of William J. Welsh : oral history, 1988; Oral history of William J. Welsh, 1988
- Abstract
- Early development of Machine-readable Catalogue System [MARC], Library of Congress; key people involved in establishment and installation of MARC; conditions at Library of Congress and other libraries prior to MARC automation; effects of closing card catalog systems; introduction of foreign language cataloging.
- Collection Name
- MARC XX Project : Oral History
- Subjects
- Librarians; MARC formats; Machine-readable bibliographic data; Cataloging of foreign language publications; Welsh, William J. (William Joseph), 1919-2012; Library of Congress
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
- Note (Biographical)
- Librarian.
- Note
- Interviewed by James E. Fall on May 24, 1988.
- Digitized from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries
- Note (Provenance)
- William J. Welsh, Gift 1990
- Note (Copyright)
- Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Catalog Record
- 12172419
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wdzt-fb95
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.