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McConnell Library Card Catalog
McConnell Library Card Catalog
Before libraries used computer programs and electronic catalogs, they depended on the card catalog. In each drawer of the catalog was a group of index cards with call number, title, author, and several bits of cataloging information about the book represented by the card. Patrons would look up a book in the catalog to find the call number so they could go to the book stacks to obtain the book. -
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment Room
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment Room
The library has checked out projectors, screens, and other things needed to use audio-visual material. At the time of this photograph, the Audio-Visual items were checked out from a room on the 4th floor of McConnell Library. In addition to the items available for checkout, in this photograph we can also see the lamination machine that was available for use in the building. -
McConnell Library Exit Gate
McConnell Library Exit Gate
McConnell Library is built on a hill so the main entrance is on the third floor. This photo shows an unidentified student leaving the library Reading Room with a stack of books. The structure on the left works, in conjunction with a detection device put in each book, to detect theft of library material. -
McConnell Library Reading Room
McConnell Library Reading Room
When a person enters the main entrance and building lobby of McConnell Library they enter a large Reading Room. In this room is the circulation desk, popular journals and selected books. In this photo we see an unidentified student using a campus telephone that is also in this room. -
McConnell Library Card Catalog
McConnell Library Card Catalog
There was a time of transition between when libraries used a physical card catalog and when they used a computer based catalog. During this transition time it seems some items were cataloged in the card catalog and some on fiche. The microfiche catalog would later be used as a backup system when the new electronic catalog was first in use.
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