My first professional position after library school was at the then new campus at UCSD. We used a batch processing system for checking in journals. Keeping accurate records of journal receipts was especially critical in the Biomedical Library where I worked as a cataloger. The system used punch cards which were batch fed into the system every night generating a serials holding list which included expected arrivals. An antique system now, but at the time it served us well.
Next, being part of the Reginal Medical Library Network of NLM, we did literature searches of the NLM database. These first searches were very clunky. No online stuff. Searchers filled out a form and mailed it to NLM. By the time I left UCSD however, onlin searching became available. Initially I remember using Texas Instrument terminals. They had a receptical that accepted a standard telephone handset and the first ones ran at 300 baud.
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Do you have any pictures of the technology you were using back then? Sounds interesting!
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