Rate of Change…
From Lorcan Dempsey:
OCLC distributed around 2 million printed catalog cards last year. They are still being used ….
I understand that there are some libraries that just can’t afford monolithic library systems - but there are so many affordable options out there today - why would so many libraries still be using cards?
March 10th, 2008 07:27
[...] SMS and whether librarians should skip over IM and move on to SMS? I told her about the fact that card catalogs are still being used and she replied with “Well, I’d rather use a card catalog, it was much easier to find [...]