'Comment.'Microform Review 1.1

摘要

A suggestion made in 1853 by the distinguished British scientist, Sir John Herschel, is reaching fruition today. In an exchange of correspondence with his brother-in-law published in the Athenaeum, it was suggested that the publication in microform of major works of reference, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias, would be of service to the academic community. Fifty-three years later, in 1906, Goldschmidt and Otlet proposed the microfiche in a form and size little different from that actually in current use. Real micropublication began in the mid-1930s with the establishment of academic microreproduction laboratories through foundation grants to major research libraries.