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2. Library catalog - Wikipedia

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   The card catalog was a familiar sight to library users for generations, but it has been effectively replaced by the online public access catalog (OPAC). Some still refer to the online catalog as a "card catalog". [2] Some libraries with OPAC access still have card catalogs on site, but these are now strictly a secondary resource and are seldom ...

3. Index card - Wikipedia

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   An index card in a library card catalog.This type of cataloging has mostly been supplanted by computerization. A hand-written American index card A ruled index card. An index card (or record card in British English and system cards in Australian English) consists of card stock (heavy paper) cut to a standard size, used for recording and storing small amounts of discrete data.

4. Online public access catalog - Wikipedia

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   Online public access catalog. The online public access catalog (OPAC), now frequently synonymous with library catalog, is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the analog card catalogs previously used in libraries.

5. Library Bureau - Wikipedia

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   Library Bureau office and factory, Ilion, New York, 1911. The Library Bureau was an American business founded by Melville Dewey in 1876 to provide supplies and equipment to libraries. The Library Bureau quickly became a one-stop vendor for supplies and equipment a library might need. By 1900, its lengthy, well illustrated catalog was widely ...

6. Charles Ammi Cutter - Wikipedia

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   Charles Ammi Cutter. Charles Ammi Cutter (March 14, 1837 – September 6, 1903) was an American librarian. In the 1850s and 1860s he assisted with the re-cataloging of the Harvard College library, producing America's first public card catalog. The card system proved more flexible for librarians and far more useful to patrons than the old method ...

7. Library of Congress Control Number - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] It has also been called the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number, among other names. The Library of Congress prepared cards of bibliographic information for their library catalog and would sell duplicate sets of the cards to other libraries for use in their catalogs. This is known as centralized cataloging. Each set of cards was ...

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   The following businesses are offering discounts for showing your library card in September: 634 Coffee & Cafe- 10% off purchase. A Touch of Charm Mercantile- 10% off purchase. Apollo Records- 10% ...

9. Cataloging (library science) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. In library and information science, cataloging (US) or cataloguing (UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation of ...