Card Division, United States Library of Congress, 1910s or 1920s
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Card Division, United States Library of Congress, 1910s or 1920s
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The Library of Congress Makes Printed LC Cards Available

1901
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In 1901 the Library of Congress began making printed Library of Congress catalogue cards (LC cards) available to libraries, thus promoting the development of catalogue card systems.

Timeline Themes

Libraries
Knowledge Organization / Taxonomy / Encyclopedism
Indexing & Searching Information