Library catalog - Wikipedia
A catalog card is an individual entry in a library catalog containing bibliographic information, including the author's name, title, and location. Eventually the mechanization of the modern era brought the efficiencies of card catalogs.
How to Use the Card Catalog - Library of Congress
2024年12月4日 · This guide discusses the origins, history, and continuing research value of the Library of Congress card catalog, the predecessor to the Library's current online catalog.
What is a Card Catalog? (with pictures) - WiseGEEK
2024年5月16日 · A card catalog is a physical listing of all of the contents of a library, organized with a single card for each item in the library. It was a familiar navigational hazard and blessing in all libraries well through the late 20th century, when physical catalogs began to be displaced by computerized versions.
Library Card Catalogue - Library & Information Science Education …
2014年2月27日 · A card catalogue is a systematic and manual method of organizing and cataloging information about the books and resources available in a library. Before the digital age, libraries employed this physical cataloging system to …
Evolution of the Card Catalog - Library History Buff
By 1925 the American library card catalog had substantially evolved and standardized catalog cards (7.5 x 12.5 cm) in standardized card catalog cabinets were in widespread use. The card catalog cabinet illustrated below is from a 1925 Library Bureau supply catalog.
Research Guides: The Library of Congress Card Catalog: …
2023年10月18日 · This guide discusses the origins, history, and continuing research value of the Library of Congress card catalog, the predecessor to the Library's current online catalog.
The Library of Congress Card Catalog
2024年12月4日 · The Library of Congress card catalog is often thought to be the "original" catalog of the Library of Congress's collections, but that is not the case. For the first one-hundred years of the Library's existence (1800-1900) the Library created …
Inquiring Minds: The Unheralded Story of the Card Catalog
2017年7月24日 · His new book on the subject, “The Card Catalog: Books, Cards and Literary Treasures,” explores the history of this once-revolutionary system and celebrates literary gems and artifacts from Library of Congress collections.
History of the card catalog - LISWiki
2015年6月24日 · In a 1935 publication the card catalog is defined as “A catalogue, in any desired order, made on cards of uniform size and quality, and stored on their edges in drawers, each card being restricted to a single.” (Sharp 1935, 301) The concept and creation of the first cards used for catalogs occurred in France around 1789.
card catalog: An organized index to library materials consisting of cabinets filled with cards that describe and locate materials in the library. A typical card catalog would list items by author, title, and subject or might combine all three into one alphabetically arranged system.