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ashling

(25,771 posts) Fri Oct 19, 2012, 02:23 PM Oct 2012

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Ah, yes..they would type up all those index cards..by author or by book... angstlessk Oct 2012 #1

Only 4 rec's...my gosh..I know we have enough older DU'ers to remember the old angstlessk Oct 2012 #2

And let's not forget those headway workhorses in shelving! RedCloud Oct 2012 #3

angstlessk

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1. Ah, yes..they would type up all those index cards..by author or by book...

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 04:13 PM

Oct 2012

and I would go to a bank of drawers and find the drawer of my interest and open in to find the index card for my book/author to find out where in the library the said book I was looking for was located...WHAT WONDERFUL FOLKS THEY WERE AND ARE!