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?

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  1. What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » OPAC review from a non-librarian Says: March 10th, 2008 at 7:27 am

    [...] 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 [...]

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