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by analog31 4289 days ago
Our checkout system was paper based -- no names ever went into a computer. I thought that computerizing the system would be a great idea, but more because I was interested in computers than for any other reason. The librarian was opposed to it, though she was clueless about computers, but challenged me to think of how I could be absolutely sure that there would be no permanent record.

The library didn't switch to a computerized circulation system until after she retired.