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, ...

(CNN) — It’s time to file the library catalog card under "O," for "obsolete." On Thursday, the Online Computer Library Center, the Ohio-based company that had printed catalog cards for public and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. This book about card catalogs, written and published in cooperation with 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.

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 ...

This old-school catalog card shows the Library of Congress' copy of John James' Audubon's seminal The Birds of America. The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures, published by Chronicle ...

On Thursday, the Online Computer Library Center, the Ohio-based company that had printed catalog cards for public and university libraries for more than 40 years, said it had just printed its last ...

Today, people use the antique wooden cabinets to store their knick-knacks. But these card catalogs once held the keys to a world of information. A new Library of Congress book explores their history.