The Card Catalogue: A Practical Manual for Public and Private Libraries; Including Other Uses of Cards in Libraries
Journal: Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew)
Year: 2011

I. npHE Card Catalogue consists of a series of cards or stout slips of J_ uniform size filed upright on their lower edges in a series of drawers or trays, and usually held in position by a rod passing through holes near their lower edges.The rod is usually locked or fixed by some simple mechanical device, thus ensuring the safety of the catalogue and maintaining its original arrangement.As the cards can be arranged in any order, and new cards to any number inserted at any place, it will be seen