Catalog data are a library's most important map to knowledge. ... For example, when the Library of Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson’s personal library in 1815, ...

The crawler-compiled card catalog will let you scan every word on every page of every book in the library. Let’s stop using the term “card catalogs.” They haven’t existed in years. In an overwhelming ...

For example, when the Library of Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson’s personal library in 1815, it arranged its collections around Jefferson’s personal system organized around the themes of ...

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.

Alexandria Library is upgrading its online catalog system, but it will come with a few disruptions along the way. The new ...

This example uploads all catalogs and data sets except the data sets that are named Z4, Z5, Z6, and Z7 that are in the library LOCLIB on the local host and stores them in the library REMLIB on the ...

For example, as part of Hennepin County (Minn.) Library’s merger with Minneapolis Public Library, the catalogs of the two formerly separate collections are scheduled to be fully integrated as of ...

These are Library of Congress Subject Headings, and in the Library of Congress’s usage, the difference is nationality. African Americans are from the United States; Blacks are people worldwide.

In an 1898 card catalog handbook, Melvil Dewey even gave instructions on what types of cursive should be used by catalogers on handwritten cards. “Legibility is the main consideration,” he wrote.

Catalog data are a library's most important map to knowledge. What does it mean that the Library of Congress just released 25 million records to the public? Search for: Submit.