If you do a Google search for "card catalog" it will likely return Pinterest-worthy images of antique furniture for sale — boxy, wooden cabinets with tiny drawers, great for storing knick-knacks, ...

The library catalog will be down for maintenance Monday, August 15 and Tuesday, August 16 starting at 7 a.m. Some library services will not be available online or at our branch locations. You know, ...

WASHINGTON — Henriette D. Avram, whose far-reaching work at the Library of Congress replaced ink-on-paper card catalogs and revolutionized cataloging systems at libraries worldwide, died April 22 of ...

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Apps are all the rage—from tic tac toe to bus schedules and weather conditions. Apps, also known as applications, are what makes smart phones among the fastest growing technological gizmos. Now the ...

For the past six years, donations to the Pomona Public Library Foundation have kept the Homework Club and summer excursions going, as well as providing new materials. To recognize those donors, the ...

The card catalog for the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library was once the only way to find needed books. Over four million cards cataloged each book’s location and from where it was donated.

They are nearly extinct in their natural habitat. In the James Library & Center for the Arts in Norwell, one maintains its position at the end of a large bookcase near the center of the room, its ...

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Advancing technology has virtually eliminated the need for card catalogs and left libraries wondering what to do with their once widely used filing systems. For some, including ...