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I get so frustrated some times.

Don’t have to leave home and go to a library. Don’t have to learn how to use a card catalog. Don’t have to know the Dewey Decimal System…

All the knowledge of the world at their fingertips, available with a few taps of the fingers (thumbs?)…

But young people’s favorite reply is 'source?"

Breaks my heart they have been given all that knowledge for the taking but they can’t be bothered to use it.

Well, what’s probably happened is all that has been electronically saved in a database now that does not need a card catalogue to access. I doubt you will find these old systems in use anywhere these days either.

Not sure how the Dewey Decimal System might have been archived though. I’ll come back and update if I can find any information about that. Ok found this:

What system replaced the Dewey Decimal System?

A main alternative to the Dewey Decimal system (especially in English speaking countries) is the Library of Congress classification system.

I’m talking about the internet.

Libraries still use the Dewey Decimal System, but people don’t use libraries - or need to - because they have the internet

But they WON’T use internet research to gain personal knowledge. Whatever they read on their favorite social media app that they want to believe is ‘truth’ and they too often look no further

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The last time I used a brick and mortar library was a decade ago and it did not have the physical card system, only a electronic kiosk to access their database. Not sure how the Dewey System works with the electronic catalogue system.

I still can access that library’s database using my card id for the library.

Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is not specifically a card catalogue system. It is a classification system and still in use throughout the world today. Generally speaking, the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) has been adopted throughout many academic and research libraries while DDC is still used throughout public libraries and smaller academia. Card catalogues were just what was used before electronic databases for both LLC and DDC catalogue systems took over.

wow, my funny image of the old system for the Library of Congress really got some interesting feedback.

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It’s actually not the ‘old’ system.
As with all things converted to the internet, not all LCC card catalog records were successfully migrated to the online catalog. The physical card catalog is still in use today and far from obsolete for researchers for more than one reason.

The main point of my post was clearly missed…

I’m fairly certain the entire thread subject has been missed.
This includes me now!

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I do get what you were referring to but in today’s society with all the electronic toys and media frenzy, its hard to just ignore that. I’m 80 so the only portable phone I knew about back when I was young was a couple of cans on a string. :rofl:

I have resisted all the hullabaloo regarding social media because I much prefer a face-to-face conversation with people or a good long telephone conversation with family and friends too far away to make that happen. I actually feel badly for all the youngsters these days who won’t have those types of interactions in their own histories. They will miss out on so much.

I would like to see all school classrooms be electronical dead zones for cell phone use. That would be a good start to getting youngsters communicating with one another and actually hearing and listening to the subjects they are in that classroom to learn about.

There’s more to what you are saying than anything I can add. But I get your point, loud and clear. However, regarding libraries…I love libraries. Where ever I am able to access one I usually tend to spend a lot of time there browsing what they have on their shelves. Hopefully books will still be a thing going forward. Just in case I still have hoarded a bunch of my favorites, even though some are truly so old they’ve become fragile and I leave them in a zip lock baggie to try and protect them.

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Wildlife photographers lead interesting lives.

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More wildlife photos…

sometimes their subjects take matters into their own… paws, beaks, flippers, whatever.



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A group that has terrorized high school students for decades.

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This is true, I was able to escape their camp and live to tell the tale.

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Ye Gods I remember those days. Shudder.

Just remember, the teachings of this group are prophesized to save your life one day.

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