The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association
Online ISSN : 2189-8278
Print ISSN : 0913-3801
ISSN-L : 0913-3801
The debut of DIALOG service in Japan(<Series>Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (7))
Isao MIURA
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2008 Volume 58 Issue 10 Pages 523-527

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Commercial information retrieval services by batch processing started in 1972 in Japan. However, these services by online were postponed until 1980. This paper reports that how DIALOG service started under these circumstances, the reasons why this service was developed smoothly and became popular in Japan, and also how KINOKUNIYA Co.,Ltd. a distributor of DIALOG service contributed the development of this service in Japan.

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