Article View: ny.general
Article #103Re: Libraries and Congress
From: John M. Gamble
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 01:23
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 01:23
30 lines
2393 bytes
2393 bytes
In article <X%TJ8.3132$tz4.992571@twister.nyc.rr.com>, <cypher@punk.net> wrote: >In ny.general John M. Gamble <jgamble@ripco.com> wrote: ># ># February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards ># from the Library of Congress. > >Curious, could you elaborate on this? > Not much to add. The card catalogue has given way to the computer look-up system, and the LoC pretty much made it official when it stopped making the cards. It's just another milestone like, say, when the last buggy whip manufacturer went under (assuming that there was such a specialized concern, and assuming that no one really makes them now). I liked card catalogues, it was interesting to see what other people were looking up by seeing the wear and tear on the cards, but on the other hand i also like being able to look up up catalogue entries for libraries a couple hundred miles away via the web. > Library filter law currently overturned. Yup, good thing too. -john February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards from the Library of Congress.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<adbs2c$muk$1@gail.ripco.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.xnet.com!gail.ripco.com!jgambleReferences:
<3e499bd1.0205300837.3d4d3226@posting.google.com> <ZuxJ8.72172$cQ3.2548@sccrnsc01> <ad8tn8$dj$1@gail.ripco.com> <X%TJ8.3132$tz4.992571@twister.nyc.rr.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc3d0,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d0,public X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: 112f74,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid112f74,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-01 18:23:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.xnet.com!gail.ripco.com!jgamble From: jgamble@ripco.com (John M. Gamble) Newsgroups: ny.general,dc.general,chi.general,ont.general,ab.general Subject: Re: Libraries and Congress Date: 2 Jun 2002 01:23:24 GMT Organization: Ripco Internet, Chicago Lines: 30 Message-ID: <adbs2c$muk$1@gail.ripco.com> References: <3e499bd1.0205300837.3d4d3226@posting.google.com> <ZuxJ8.72172$cQ3.2548@sccrnsc01> <ad8tn8$dj$1@gail.ripco.com> <X%TJ8.3132$tz4.992571@twister.nyc.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lawson.ripco.com X-Trace: gail.ripco.com 1022981004 23508 209.100.227.4 (2 Jun 2002 01:23:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@gail.ripco.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Jun 2002 01:23:24 GMT