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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1981
Local
Publisher says books
will fall to computers
BY MICHELE ROWLAND
Battalion Reporter
Word processors, computer
printouts, optical character read
ers and image scanners, all driven
by electronic impulses, will even
tually replace the scholarly pub
lishing industry, a book publisher
says.
Frederick A. Praeger, founder
of the Westview Press, told an au
dience of around 100 Wednesday
afternoon in the Sterling C. Evans
Library that while the impact of
technological advance is wonder
ful, scientific publishers find the
situation somewhat depressing.
With the advent of information
storage units electronically con
nected to a machine which will
spit out print at the push of a but
ton, Praeger said the “the scien
tific publishing institution will
simply disappear.”
Libraries will become utility
centers, with keyboards connect
ing to data banks, Praeger said.
A researcher will be able to scan
information on a screen and
choose what parts he wants
printed at the press of a button.
Libraries will no longer house
mostly print and some microfiche,
but will change to accomodate 80
percent electronic devices, 15
percent printouts, and only 5 per
cent books.
“The entire world will have ac
cess to knowledge,” Praeger said.
By individually owning a cou
pling device and a printout
machine, a person could call and
connect with an information bank
and have the world’s knowledge at
his or her disposal, Praeger said.
In this turmoil and computer
ization, the scholarly publisher
will be left behind, Praeger said.
People won’t need all the un
necessary copies of papers which
take up shelf space, he said.
With the new technology, one
copy or access to copy will suffice,
he said.
The demand for 600 copies of a
book now will dwindle to 50
copies, each stored in easily acces
sible information banks scattered
throughout the nation, he said.
Praeger said that he used to be
an innovator, but now felt like an
ancient gladiator marching past
Caesar saying “Those who must
die, salute you.”
Combatting copy machines, the
scholarly publishing industry
already faces an economic crunch,
but with the technological adv
ances of tomorrow, Praeger said,
the industry has too many ene-
Rules and regulations
changes to be considered
Photo by Wang Borchwen
Founder of the Westview Press, Frederick A. Praeger, told
listeners in the Sterling C. Evans Library Wednesday after
noon that while computer technology is wonderful, he feels like
an ancient gladiator marching past Caesar saying “Those who
must die, salute you.”
By JANE G. BRUST
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M University
Academic Council will consider
proposed changes in the Universi
ty Rules and Regulations at its
meeting Friday at 1:30 p.m. in 601
Rudder.
Council members will also
approve candidates for graduate
and undergraduate degrees and
candidates for the Doctor of Medi
cine degrees to be awarded in
May.
One part of the proposal would
create a new Appendix that de
scribes penalties for tampering
with campus fire alarm systems.
The Class A misdemeanor is pun
ishable by:
— a fine not to exceed $2,000,
— confinement in jail for a term
not to exceed one year,
— or both the fine and impris
onment.
The student offender would also
be subject to appropriate Univer
sity administrative sanctions.
Another proposed change in the
rules and regulations deals with
section 18(l)(a) concerning autho
rized absences from class. The
reason reading “participation in an
authorized University activity”
would be changed to read “partici
pation in an activity appearing on
the University Authorized Activ
ity List.”
Another proposal would add a
new item to section 20 regarding
the “X” notation on grade reports.
The “X” notation is assigned to a
course by the registrar at the end
of a semester or summer term
when a grade is not submitted by
the instructor.
The instructor would have 30
days from the beginning of the
semester to report a change of
grade to the registrar. If a change
of grade report was not received,
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