Re: What was this serials technology called? Lynn Cote 30 Apr 2008 18:28 UTC
Oh, and one more recollection ... these stood on a circular base on tables near our public card catalog. You would flip through the metal upright holders (sort of reminds me of how the old restaurant table juke boxes flipped) to find the journal entry. Unfortunately ours were not secured (at least not very well) to the tables and once in a while one or more holders would get knocked to the floor. Imagine picking up these little strips where the titles had been separated from the holdings, and trying to get them back in order. Lynn K. Cote Serials Cataloger Collections Services, U-2005 University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library 369 Fairfield Rd. Storrs, CT 06269-2005 ph. (860)486-6495 fax (860)486-6493 ************************************ Please report problems with access to electronic resources to elibrary@uconn.edu -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Cote Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:14 PM To: 'SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum' Subject: RE: [SERIALST] What was this serials technology called? This is a very distant memory of @ 30 years ago .... We referred to ours as the "linedex" (alphabetical single or multi-line entries for journal titles and associated holdings--included location information, lines with x-refs, etc.). I believe we used different colored strips. Every time we added a new subscription these had to be shifted. When holdings changed they had to be re-typed. I can't recall if using an electric eraser worked since it would be difficult to put a single strip into the typewriter but I do recall that we had a specific typewriter for linedex entries. Lynn K. Cote Serials Cataloger Collections Services, U-2005 University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library 369 Fairfield Rd. Storrs, CT 06269-2005 ph. (860)486-6495 fax (860)486-6493 ************************************ Please report problems with access to electronic resources to elibrary@uconn.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Evans Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:54 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] What was this serials technology called? Is it not a kardex? Sincerely, Tom Evans Serials Librarian Canisius College Library 2001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14208 email: evans@canisius.edu Phone: 716-888-2932 Fax: 716-888-2887 ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:13:30 -0700 >From: Cheryl Boettcher Tarsala <c-tarsala@LINKLINE.COM> >Subject: [SERIALST] What was this serials technology called? >To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > >This is a somewhat recreational question, but perhaps the list would >be willing to weigh in on it. > >I've been cruising flickr looking for cataloging images for my blog, >and found this one: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/meliroo/444411917/in/set-72157600043671337 / > >I realized that it's a mysterious, lost technology that I don't know >anything about. What on earth was it called? I struggle to think of >keywords to even Google it! > >I'm old enough to remember them in use, but never personally worked >with them. How did all the little cardboard strips fit into the >typewriter so you could type on them? Do you pull off the top metal >strip of the holder and drop the strips into each side? And, I >suppose you have to shift all the strips each time you get a new line >...? > >Any insight into the workings of these things from long-time >serialists would be appreciated! >-- >Cheryl Boettcher Tarsala >Adjunct Assistant Professor >LEEP Program, Graduate School of Library and Information Science >University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > >c-tarsala@linkline.com >ctarsala@uiuc.edu > >The views expressed here are my own and not those of UIUC or GSLIS.