What is a Card Catalog? Why do we need one? Created by Jan Strahan Bayfield Middle School 2010
Bibliographical System Record of books, novels, computer files, graphics, anthologies, and other materials Search for an item by: Author Subject Title Keyword/Category Locate an Item by: o Dewey Classification Number/ Non-Fiction o Author’s Last Name/ Fiction
Physical Card Catalog
Card Dewey # Title Publishing Information: Place, Company & Date Author Subject
Online Card Catalog
Non-Fiction Card Dewey Class # (Non- Fiction) Author Publishing Information: Place, Company & Year Click Show card
Fiction Card Click Show Card Fiction Author Publishing Information: Place, Company & Year
Interesting Facts Founded in 1800 World’s Oldest Federal Cultural Institution Largest Library Collection & Card Catalog in the world Almost 142 million items 650 miles of bookshelves Receives almost 22,000 items per day and processes 10,000 per day Home of the U.S. Copyright Office Includes International Collections; World Digital Library Approximately Half of Collection in 470 different Foreign Languages
Library Layout
Digital Media Website
Works Cited Brown, Mather. “Thomas Jefferson” DNSFR. HomelandSecurity.03/15/ Library of Congress. About the Library. 10/06/ /15/ Library of Congress. Digital Collections and Services. 10/06/ /15/ SFSU. Library of Congress and National Recording Registry /11/ /15/ m/2009/06/library-of-congress.jpg 3/15/2010 Vermue, Ed. Dewey Card Catalog. 12/18/09. 03/22/ log/carddrawer-small.jpg