Answers to History of Digital Media in Libraries Trivia

[Susan Fowler]

Many of you asked me for the answers to my trivia survey so here they are marked with an X. Thank you to everyone who participated in my survey and for all your lovely comments.

Sincerely, Susan Fowler

Trivia - History of Digital Media in Libraries

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What was the name of the computer in Desk Set? *

·         Emily

·         EMERAC

·         X   ENIAC

 

Paul Otlet created... *

·         The first "search engine."

·         the Universal Decimal Classification

·         the Mundaneum (a museum of facts).

·         X   All of the above.

 

PHILSOM stands for *

·         Puppy Hugging in Life Saves Old Moms

·         Pancakes Help Illustrate a Lovely Snack Of the Morning

·         X    Periodical Holdings in the Library of the School of Medicine

 

Computers became commercially availbale as early as *

·         1962

·         X    1950

·         1938

 

MARC

·         is a really great guy

·         X    stands for Machine Readable Cataloging

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