WASHINGTON — Henriette D. Avram, whose far-reaching work at the Library of Congress replaced ink-on-paper card catalogs and revolutionized cataloging systems at libraries worldwide, died April 22 of ...

The card catalog for the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library was once the only way to find needed books. Over four million cards cataloged each book’s location and from where it was donated.

For the past six years, donations to the Pomona Public Library Foundation have kept the Homework Club and summer excursions going, as well as providing new materials. To recognize those donors, the ...

Google officials are on a press tour trying to clarify details of the company’s controversial library-scanning project. Jim Gerber, director of content partnerships at Google, and Nathan Tyler, a ...

Those endless rows of monolithic card catalogs will never be a problem again. With $830,000 granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Jan. 22, the Cornell University Library (CUL) will digitize much ...

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If you are like me, you likely remember thumbing through card catalogs and jotting down call numbers to find books on certain topics for research projects or books by your favorite author to read for ...