What To Do With The Old Card Catalog
A couple of months ago I finished converting my entire book and journal collection from the card catalog to an online catalog. Yippie!!!!! I am happy and my users are happy.
Now comes the fun part.
What do I do with the old card catalog? It isn't one of those really nice antique catalogs, it looks to be from the 60's. It is about 3 feet wide, 3'6" tall, 20 inches deep, and has 30 drawers.
- I could take the path of least resistance, call facility services and wait several weeks for them lug it out to the trash.
- Perhaps some other libraries are interested in getting a used card catalog, but how on earth does one get it to the requesting library?
- Diane Rourke at Baptist Health South Florida sold her catalog off drawer by drawer selling it as a planter with flowers.
- It might make someone a nice sort of furniture for nic nac storage or baseball card collections.
- Perhaps it could be a funky wine rack? I don't know I am not really a wine connoseur.
Ideas anyone? Once I get rid of the catalog I can figure out what I am supposed to do with an old microfiche reader that I found in a storage room located 4 floors above me that I had no idea the library was using.
5 Comments:
Are the drawers big enough to hold CDs?
I'll take it. -fellow librarian in training
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Scrapbookers would love to get their hands on this! The small and many drawers provide wonderful nooks and crannies to store scrapbooking supplies. You could make a small fortune on eBay.
I am looking to buy an old card catalog! Does anyone have one or know someone? (sarahtgalender@yahoo.com)
I am also interrested in buying one . If anyone has one let me know also. Thank You, flicata2000@yahoo.com
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