While rationalization of libraries had been an issue for two decades after World War II, it was in 1965 that a government committee published a report on the use of computers in research libraries.
Meski rasionalisasi perpustakaan sudah dibahas selama dua puluh tahun usai Perang Dunai II, komite pemerintah baru menerbitkan laporan tentang pemakaian komputer di perpustakaan riset pada tahun 1965.