{"id":34067,"date":"2018-06-26T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T02:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=34067"},"modified":"2018-06-26T22:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T02:03:08","slug":"review-of-the-card-catalog-by-the-library-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=34067","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Card Catalog, by The Library of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/card_catalog_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/card_catalog_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34930\" \/><\/a><em>The Card Catalog<\/p>\n<p>Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Library of Congress<br \/>\nForeword by Carla Hayden<\/p>\n<p>Chronicle Books, 2017.  224 pages.<\/p>\n<p>A history of the card catalog \u2013 it\u2019s surprising how interesting that turns out to be.  Well, okay, it&#8217;s interesting to me!<\/p>\n<p>This book traces the development of the idea to put catalog information for libraries on 3 x 5 inch index cards.  Originally, the Library of Congress would publish a book listing the books in its collection.  So listing the information on cards was much more practical.  Eventually, the Library of Congress was producing catalog cards for libraries across America.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s only a small portion of this book.  The bulk of the pages are pictures of items in the Library of Congress collection \u2013 along with pictures of their catalog cards.  <\/p>\n<p>There are many classic books, also interesting memorabilia \u2013 and on the facing page you\u2019ve got the catalog card \u2013 some of them yellowed and beat up \u2013 for that item.<\/p>\n<p>This is a beautifully designed book and is lots of fun to browse through.  Because it\u2019s mostly pictures, it doesn\u2019t take too long, either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/\">loc.gov<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/\">chroniclebooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1452145407\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/card_catalog.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/card_catalog.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Card Catalog Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures The Library of Congress Foreword by Carla Hayden Chronicle Books, 2017. 224 pages. A history of the card catalog \u2013 it\u2019s surprising how interesting that turns out to be. Well, okay, it&#8217;s interesting to me! 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