Speaking of cards, I highly recommend:
http://lccn.loc.gov/2010053622
Main title: Paper machines : about cards & catalogs, 1548-1929 / Markus
Krajewski ; translated by Peter Krapp.
Published/Created: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
Description: vi, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780262015899 (alk. paper)
It's a study of card systems, in particular how businesses took up the
use of the card, buying their cards initially from The Library Bureau,
and the card catalog in business then evolved into the database. The
examples are mainly from Europe, and includes -- get this -- a worldwide
information network called Die Brucke (The Bridge) in 1911, using cards
to gather and exchange scientific information. An amazing book, very
worth the read. It actually has a kind of science fiction feel to it,
like it could have taken place in an alternate reality. It also fits in
to various studies of early encyclopedias, where the authors developed
card or slip systems to organize info, if you've read any of those.
kc
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