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WorldCat library search bookmarklet

February 10, 10 //
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For users of WorldCat or Melvyl (their branded search for the UC Berkeley library), the following bookmarklets should come in handy. They do one thing and one thing only: search WorldCat for the selected text.

To install: drag one of the following bookmarks to your bookmarks bar. (You may want to rename it.)

Search on WorldCatSearch on Melvyl

To use: Select some text on a web page, then activate the bookmark to search. That’s it.

The University of South Carolina Celebrates the Card Catalog

November 6, 09 //
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The University of South Carolina’s library is launching a “year-long series of events honoring the card catalog, its use in the transformation of knowledge, and the people who created and used it”. Events include:

  • a catalog card boat race
  • a catalog card design contest

Perhaps the coolest bit is the widget celebrating different cards:

 

More here.

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