Title	Library automation: the early days
Date	1982?
Coverage	1980-1989
Description	Library employees Wilma Marable (left) and Mary Pugh (right) work on two of the first computer workstations used by the library to automate cataloging tasks. The workstations were located in the cataloging department of the Todd Library
Contextual note	The first library at the institution was housed in the Administration Building. Bettie Avent Murfree was employed as the first librarian in 1912. The first library building opened in the fall of 1926, and in 1957 the building was named for Bettie Avent Murfree to show appreciation for her significant contributions to the institution. The Andrew L. Todd Memorial Library, named in honor of a local businessman who was instrumental in the founding of the institution, was dedicated in 1958. The current library, the James E. Walker Library opened in 1999.
People in Photograph	Wilma Marable, Mary Pugh
Subject-LCSH	Library employees Cataloging--Data processing Libraries--Automation Academic libraries Middle Tennessee State University. Library
Geographic Location	Murfreesboro, TN
Type	Still image
Format	image/jpeg
Genre	Photograph
Extent	10 x 8 in.
Source	MTSUMEM010.tif
Copyright status	Copyright protected. Reproduced with permission of the University
Conditions for use	Reproduction is permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only Credit to Special Collections, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution	James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Date created	2010-02-11