1984:––––––––––––––

Current Events:

• Reagan orders US Marines withdrawn from Beirut.
• Soviet Union withdraws from summer Olympic
  games in US.
• Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards.
• Bell System is broken up.
• The Supreme Court rules that taping television shows at home on VCRs does not violate copyright law.
• Apple introduces the user-friendly Macintosh personal computer.
• The average price for one gallon of gas is $1.20.
• Life expectancy is 72.7 years.

Welch Events:

• Nina Matheson is appointed director of the library. The AAMC “Matheson-Cooper Report” has a profound effect on how librarians approach their profession.
• Library staff implements one of the earliest online integrated library systems using public domain software.
• The Nursing Information Resource Center becomes a part of the Welch Library System.