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Library Catalog (Card Catalog)
- RetroTechie 3mo agoFor the youngsters on here: how one found items in dead-tree libraries before computers came around. These are called a "card catalog". They were familiar objects for generations of people worldwide. I searched the web but picked the Wikipedia page as one of the best resources on the subject. Some other pages you might enjoy: Library of Congress - How to use the card catalog https://guides.loc.gov/card-catalog/using-the-card-catalog https://guides.loc.gov/card-catalog/using-the-card-catalog Developer of an early, widely used computer standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Avram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Avram https://www.allpurposeguru.com/2013/10/card-catalog-birth-and-death-of-a-technology/ https://www.allpurposeguru.com/2013/10/card-catalog-birth-an...
- soupspaces 3mo agoRAG, but with drawers