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DOBIS IBM The things it can do would fill a book, or a library
Image Description: 

A black and white computer reading a book above a black IBM logo and a semi-circle of white text beneath on a bright orange background.

Back Style: 
Locking pin
The Shape: 
Circle
The Size: 
2 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made: 
1980s
Additional Information: 

DOBIS (Dortmunder Bibliotheks Informations System) was an online catalog system used in libraries. Marketed worldwide by IBM in 1985, the DOBIS system was promoted to run as a smaller, more accessible program that shared the resources of larger computer installations and not as a stand alone program. It was designed to facilitate librarians without data processing skills to create and maintain the catalog system.

Sources: 

DOBIS in a medium sized academic library. (1988). VINE, 18(2), 12-17. doi: 10.1108/eb060019

Catalog ID: 
AD0257
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