Developments in word processing systems and their application to information needs

Many years ago, when I was a young student, I remember listening to an eminent librarian of the day relating the story of a visit he had received from a work study team. After studiously checking all the library systems and processes they very seriously suggested that the librarian would save time and money if he stopped the typing of catalogue cards and hand wrote each one. That team, needless to say, was never invited back.