They said preserving the catalog is a gift to future researchers and historians. “We’re not arguing for the superiority of the Alderman card catalog,” Curtis said. “[The card catalog and the digital ...

Hayden wrote the foreword to The Card Catalog, a new tribute to the ever-changing art of cataloging books. The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures, published by Chronicle Books 2017 [/] ...

Our library published its last catalogue in 1830, when the number of books was about 40,000; in 1833 a supplement was issued, and in the same year a card catalogue was begun; but it was not until ...

In an 1898 card catalog handbook, Melvil Dewey even gave instructions on what types of cursive should be used by catalogers on handwritten cards. “Legibility is the main consideration,” he wrote.

This book about card catalogues, written and published in cooperation with the Library of Congress, is beautifully produced, intelligently written and lavishly illustrated. It also sent me into a ...

Today, people use the antique wooden cabinets to store their knick-knacks. But these card catalogs once held the keys to a world of information. A new Library of Congress book explores their history.

Volunteers catalog documents lost in tornado. Jeanette Lach Dec 9, 2013 Dec 9, 2013 Updated Dec 9, 2013; 0 ... love letters, marriage licenses and even baseball cards.

Edmond’s card catalogue indicates that the library has 10 copies of the book, two of which were checked out at the time we looked. PEN America suggests that racism is a major factor driving ...