The end of the card catalog in Ann Arbor. I spent a lot of time in the basement of the grad library.
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The end of the card catalog in Ann Arbor. I spent a lot of time in the basement of the grad library.
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The article mentions that they’re not sure who would want to buy the old card catalogs, but I can say anecdotally that they make excellent storage for small toys of children (Matchbox cars, etc), and for storing other odds and ends that would normally go into a “junk drawer” in the house, assuming one has space for it.
They’ll be sorry they got rid of it after the asteroid hits and the survivors are trying to make sense of their library with no computer support. 😀
Well, if the asteroid hits and I survive, I’m heading for the 600.0 section of my local library (if they’re still using Dewey) because that’s where the useful tech books were, like How Things Work, if I recall correctly. Basically I’d grab the books that the scientist in “Lucifer’s Hammer” tried to preserve.
I do have very fond memories of using card catalogs, especially when my peers would get lost trying to find the right research books. Two years working part-time as a shelver in high school helped, too…
Just out of curiosity, are you the same CptNerd who used to (and still may — haven’t been there in many months) post on Usenet?
I used to work in the libraries when I was a student there, I helped maintain the card catalog. Even then, they were hardly used (and I was a student from ’87-92)
Rand, I worked in one of the basements in the grad library (there were five of them). My job was to put the books back. What fun that was. I never saw a soul there, and I’m pretty sure I would have noticed if you were there. I think instead you were at the beer gardens listening to blues music.