ARPAnet, an experimental four-computer network is established by the U.S. Defense Deptartment so that research scientists can communicate. The Lamar Soutter Library of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center opens. From responses to the membership questionnaire a proposed set of bylaws is drawn up. At the annual meeting, MLA continuing education courses are offered on the first day. This year's meeting focuses on hospital accrediation standards and hospital libraries.
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An Education Committee is also established to offer MLA continuing education courses in the region. The Balsams, in Dixville Notch, NH, is the site of the 25 th conference, attended by 181 members and associates. Both motions are carried. Tracy Kidder wins Pulitzer for The Soul of the New Machine . The Regional Medical Library Network is reconfigured and the Region I headquarters moves from Countway Library to the New York Academy of Medicine.