[Publib] "Old-Time" card catalogs

[Alison Moss]

I know a number of libraries retain the old wooden card catalogs with 
drawers for historic value.  At the university where I got my library 
degree, the card catalog there (which took up practically an entire 
floor) had some accompanying signage that indicated:  "this card catalog 
is preserved for historic interest only; it has not been updated since 
1986."  If other libraries are following this practice and could share 
examples of the sort of (postive) phrasing you use to convey this info, 
that would be very helpful.  Also, if you include something indicating 
that the catalog is now technology-based.


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Alison R. Moss
Head Reference Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
627 South Street
Lafayette, IN  47901
Telephone:  (765)429-0176
email:  amoss at tcpl.lib.in.us