Btw, these days card catalogs re referred to as OPACS (Online Public Access Catalogs). As the resident librarian around here I wanted to toss out a bit about the electronic library catalogs (aka card catalogs) of 2005.
As I point out here, library card catalogs (aka OPACS) are more than plain old bibliographic info databases these days. Lot's of attention about Google Print in the press today. Here's a quick review, a few comments, and links basically to keep the...
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In an overwhelming majority of cases, card catalogs are now electronic databases that are called Online Public Access Catalogs ("OPACS") for short. My mind is going a million miles a minute over the whole "Perfect Search" discussion that kicked...
Btw, many people don't realize that online library catalogs (aka OPACS) allow you to browse by classification number just like you would browse the stacks looking for items. In the article: In the New Game of Tag, All of Us Are It, Newsweek's...
