Document (#16446)

Author

Stone, A.T.

Title

¬An old card catalog goes to the Smithsonian

Source

American libraries. 27(1996) no.11, S.40-41

Year

1996

Abstract

Discusses the falling into disuse of the card catalogue in the face of the online catalogue, briefly tracing the history of the card catalogue. Describes an attempt to find a representative card catalogue to donate to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., as an object of historical and scientific interest. The attempt was successful when one from the Union Theological Seminary in Virginia provided an excellent example which the Smithsonian accepted

Theme

Geschichte der Kataloge

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