One of those things that were once common and have quietly disappeared - the card index to the library.
Not only does this index survive, it really is the most beautiful database I've seen. For data protection not a firewall or virus-scanner - but a fire-extinguisher and climate control.
(It's the index of the Carnegie library in Reims, finished in '27.)
Not only does this index survive, it really is the most beautiful database I've seen. For data protection not a firewall or virus-scanner - but a fire-extinguisher and climate control.
(It's the index of the Carnegie library in Reims, finished in '27.)
