Pitfalls To Computer Use in Publishing and Communication

Abstract

This article examines the path to practical, economic use of computerization in publishing and communication. Convinced that the computer is here to stay, the author emphasizes the problems it poses as related to the questions it answers at this time. He details six pit falls to be avoided by prospec tive computerizers. His eon clusions spring from recent hard-core personal experiences as well as from a penetrating analysis of the long-term po tentials of computerization. This article was adapted from the May 1968 issue of Library Journal by Norman Shidle.