Laura Crossett wrote:
> One thing I've heard mentioned elsewhere but not here (I think):
>
> Card catalogs (which I used in grade school and to some extent in high
> school, though not much after that) had one real advantage: when you'd
> learned to use one card catalog, you could use any card catalog
> without additional training. They all worked the same way.
>
> Laura
I can remember when you had to decide (and instruct the patron) on whether
your card catalog had Authors, Titles, and Subjects all in one big alphabet,
or whether you had a seperate set of cards for each.
Also, filing of the Mac and Mc's, and other rules were not all that stable
either, and had to be explained.
Like today, I think patrons may have had the _illusion_ that card catalogs
were all
the same.
Kevin
Received on Thu Jun 15 2006 - 12:29:47 EDT