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[Howard Lowndes]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Tony Barry wrote:

> At 4:07 PM +1100 on 11/15/02, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>
>
> >I recall about 20 years ago a librarian/manager of a major regional public
> >library quite confidently stating that computerisation of their library
> >services (equivalent to URICA) could be done for around $5,000.
> >Fortunately she retired not soon afterwards.
>
> Ha!  I put Urica in at ANU in 1983 and it cost $1,000,000. Those
> libraries which thought they could write their own systems found to
> their cost that they could easily spend even more in wages.

Jeez Tony, you were ripped off.  I put it into this same library service
about '89 and it didn't cost anywhere near that, including also the
barcoding work etc.

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