运筹学在图书情报工作中的应用,始于17世纪,美国图书馆界对波士顿公共图书馆的系统分析。1902—1940年哈佛大学负责编目工作的馆长助理邱瑞系统分析了本校的编目程序后,对它进行了综合修改,从而大大降低了图书编目的成本。到了60年代,美、英先后开展了运筹学与系统分析解决图书管理问题的研究,其中主要涉及两个方面:一是为发展图书情报系统相关的计算机 Operational research in library and information work in the application, beginning in the 17th century, the American library community on the Boston public library system analysis. Curatorial Assistant Curator at Harvard University from 1902 to 1940 Chiu Sai systematically analyzed the cataloging process at Harvard University and then made a comprehensive revision of it to drastically reduce the cost of cataloging. By the 1960s, the United States and Britain successively carried out operations research and systematic analysis to solve the problem of library management, which mainly involves two aspects: First, for the development of library-related information systems computer