The Indexer forty years ago (October 1981)

Abstract

Hazel K. Bell, editor of The Indexer from 1978 to 1995, reflects on the content of the journal 40 years ago. In this issue, she travels back to October 1981, a time when indexers were deeply concerned about the introduction of the computer. Hazel will continue this feature in future issues of the journal. If you would like to look further back in time, we recommend reading the regular feature that ran from 1991 to 2008 - ‘The Indexer thirty years ago’ - which covered issues of the journal between 1961 and 1978.