IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the twentieth century, millions of ...

For the past six years, donations to the Pomona Public Library Foundation have kept the Homework Club and summer excursions going, as well as providing new materials. To recognize those donors, the ...

Don't overlook the vintage card catalog at the thrift store. It could be the antique you need for more storage in a small ...

If you do a Google search for "card catalog" it will likely return Pinterest-worthy images of antique furniture for sale — boxy, wooden cabinets with tiny drawers, great for storing knick-knacks, ...

The card catalog for the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library was once the only way to find needed books. Over four million cards cataloged each book’s location and from where it was donated.

“Clean out the basement” week continues with these cool, vintage library card catalogs. We bought a whole bunch of them for our place and only ended up incorporating a few into our decor. Really nice ...

Relied upon by generations of students to find books for term papers, research projects and pleasure, the University of Washington's card catalogs no longer are crammed with index cards worn by ...

Changes happen in the library world fast. There were the days of the card catalog, when you had to look up books by title, author or subject and you only knew what the library you were visiting had, ...

If you are like me, you likely remember thumbing through card catalogs and jotting down call numbers to find books on certain topics for research projects or books by your favorite author to read for ...

For National Library Week, explore the tools of a vintage library circulation desk. In 1918, they might not have had computers to circulate and track library books, but their paper-based systems were ...

Traditionally, you need a library card to access physical books and library facilities. But in today’s digital world, things have changed, as we all know. Today, we read e-books on e-readers, thus ...

Consolidation, partnership, and mergers are not uncommon in the library world. Librarians’ need to operate as efficiently as possible, as well as patrons’ need for finding library information quickly ...