Present in its Absence: Law Librarians and Technology at the Founding of AALL

While it might seem that the law librarians who created AALL in 1906 had much less to do with technology than the librarians of today, Ms. Solon argues that in fact they not only were intimately connected with it but also produced it when needed. She examines three specific areas—bibliography, indexing, and classification—which, she contends, exemplify how these librarians responded to problems with technological solutions.