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What is a library's catalog?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 10/25/2021

Before computers existed to keep the information needed to locate a particular book, that information was kept in a library's card catalogue. This is a system of thousands of index cards, three for each book, giving identifying information on that book and where to find it in the library. Each book would have a separate card for its author, title and subject matter with each card being filed in a separate section pertaining to those three headings. In a large library the card catalogue would be a large block of drawers in which the cards would be stored. Modern computer technology with its capacity for storing huge amounts of data electronically has all but eliminated the need for card catalogues.

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Damaris Hackett

Lvl 10
3y ago

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