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I never understood this, I was around before the days of the Internet but that doesn't change the fact that this made no sense, how is it easier to go rummage through cards to try and find what you are looking for than just walk through the hallway full of carefully organized books with large titles and pictures on the front?
A book might be listed under multiple subjects or authors but cannot be shelved in multiple places. You can use the card catalog to find such a book because it can be represented by a card under multiple subjects or authors.
It might be because I could walk through my entire small town library in 10 minutes but the only thing I found less useful than those overwhelming cards is the ridiculous search engine they finally got
Username checks out? 😅🙇🏼♂️
How did you find the book if it was checked out? Find it in the cards and then place a hold for when it was returned.
It also allowed for inter-library loans within a library system. One index file for the entire library system and then you could request books from other libraries.
I didn't, I just assumed they didn't have it and 9 times out of a hundred I would be right because it was such a small library with such little traffic.
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