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<td>1947<sup>1</sup>-</td>
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<td>The Zatocoding method of selecting information (invented summer 1947) improved information retrieval using superimposed random codes; The Zatocoding system combined this method and the descriptor method of analyzing information to retrieve information from edge-notched cards; Published the <i>Zator Technical Bulletin</i>.</td>
<td>The Zatocoding method of selecting information (invented summer 1947) improved information retrieval using superimposed random codes; The Zatocoding system combined this method and the descriptor method of analyzing information to retrieve information from edge-notched cards; Published the <i>Zator Technical Bulletin</i>.<sup>2</sup></td>
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<td>Mooers, C. (Feb. 1979). "Rigors of a pioneer in information science"
<td>1. Crowe, S. H. (2009, January). ''Calvin N. Mooers papers'' [Finding aid]. Charles Babbage Institute Archives. https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/105
(1978 Award of Merit Speech). <i>Bulletin of the American Society of Information
2. Mooers, C. (1979). Rigors of a pioneer in information science (1978 Award of Merit Speech). <i>Bulletin of the American Society of Information
Science</i>, 5(3), 14.</td>
Science</i>, 5(3), 14.</td>
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<td>Records of the Zator Company are in Calvin Mooers' papers at the Charles
<td>Records of the Zator Company are in Calvin Mooers' papers at the Charles
Babbage Institute.</td>
Babbage Institute Archives, University of Minnesota</td>
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<td>1930-1992</td>
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<td>37 cubic feet / 39 boxes</td>
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<td>http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/inv/mooers.html</td>
<td>https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/105</td>
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Revision as of 10:31, 15 September 2023

ORGANIZATION: Zator Company
ACTIVE DATES: 19471-
ADDRESS: Cambridge, Massachusetts
E-MAIL:
PERSONS INVOLVED: Calvin Mooers
MAJOR PROJECTS: Zatocoding system
OTHER INFORMATION: The Zatocoding method of selecting information (invented summer 1947) improved information retrieval using superimposed random codes; The Zatocoding system combined this method and the descriptor method of analyzing information to retrieve information from edge-notched cards; Published the Zator Technical Bulletin.2
SOURCE: 1. Crowe, S. H. (2009, January). Calvin N. Mooers papers [Finding aid]. Charles Babbage Institute Archives. https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/105

2. Mooers, C. (1979). Rigors of a pioneer in information science (1978 Award of Merit Speech). Bulletin of the American Society of Information

Science, 5(3), 14.

PAPERS AT:
LOCATION
Records of the Zator Company are in Calvin Mooers' papers at the Charles Babbage Institute Archives, University of Minnesota
PAPERS DATES: 1930-1992
SIZE: 37 cubic feet / 39 boxes
INCLUDES:
SOURCE: https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/105