tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post1468925294961698170..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-32645871560325383282007-05-02T16:43:00.000-05:002007-05-02T16:43:00.000-05:00http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ala/clvf/51.jpgGoo...http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ala/clvf/51.jpg<BR/><BR/>Good luck finding one... they were apparently rentals, along the lines of IBM's early systems.Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-50833847222068943902007-05-02T16:38:00.000-05:002007-05-02T16:38:00.000-05:00Whooo!1931: Gaylord Electric-Automatic Book-Charge...Whooo!<BR/><BR/>1931: Gaylord Electric-Automatic Book-Charger, first electrically operated machine used in circulation procedures.Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-6861267696493180602007-05-02T13:47:00.000-05:002007-05-02T13:47:00.000-05:00Are you sure it nibbled? I didn't have any luck fi...Are you sure it nibbled? I didn't have any luck finding a punch machine but i did find an image of an old-style library card with the metal tag, and I could see it was a number in negative... Seems to me it could have been used to punch your patron number on the circ card or date due slip. <BR/><BR/>I've got the word out to a couple librarians I know.Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-33919171780330986292007-05-02T10:30:00.000-05:002007-05-02T10:30:00.000-05:00The Dallas Public Library used those machines in t...The Dallas Public Library used those machines in the 50s and 60s. Call the DPL help desk. Someone there may remember that they have such in storage in the library and need to reclaim the space.<BR/><BR/>You might also check with library supplies company Brodart Co. at www.brodart.com. They might have a lead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-17256841694773375792007-04-30T01:26:00.000-05:002007-04-30T01:26:00.000-05:00I remember those British bus ticket clippers, weil...I remember those British bus ticket clippers, weilded by the bus dude who rode the double deckers. But I don't remember the card eating thing. I remember the card stamper, that stamped the card they put in the folder on the inside back cover. Is that what you're talking about.FHBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04261425729050948728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-68948156418368251812007-04-29T17:08:00.000-05:002007-04-29T17:08:00.000-05:00No idea. Would a British 'clippie's' machine do? I...No idea. Would a British 'clippie's' machine do? I think they used to bite bits of your bus ticket.Tickersoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836158766198278595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-38729348662071382742007-04-29T09:39:00.000-05:002007-04-29T09:39:00.000-05:00I remember them! And I certainly don't consider my...I remember them! And I certainly don't consider myself ancient! I'm barely more than a half-century. <BR/>They had them at both the Public Library in Killeen and the School Library in Aldine...I think it wnet on my ...gasp...Permanent Record!HollyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644166795449256850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-34994046084457222552007-04-29T02:34:00.000-05:002007-04-29T02:34:00.000-05:00Yikes---I wonder if it was a regional thing?Yikes---I wonder if it was a regional thing?Attila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-65765988712440097772007-04-28T14:46:00.000-05:002007-04-28T14:46:00.000-05:00I remember it. You need one of those thingamajigs...I remember it. You need one of those thingamajigs, weird Auntie Ree. AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-85426565422394540182007-04-28T10:03:00.000-05:002007-04-28T10:03:00.000-05:00I've never heard of this either, but am curious as...I've never heard of this either, but am curious as well. Perhaps that system was only used in your area.<BR/><BR/>Do keep us posted though. We need to know stuff like this!Barbara Bruederlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476249934930666695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-22284465654427410262007-04-28T08:49:00.000-05:002007-04-28T08:49:00.000-05:00It was what they used for keeping track of book-bo...It was what they used for keeping track of book-borrowing in the 70s and 80s - the last stage before computers, I suppose. Meh. I prefer the paper-trail style, meself.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-24368403183489678092007-04-28T05:09:00.000-05:002007-04-28T05:09:00.000-05:00I'm far more ancient than you, but I don't know wh...I'm far more ancient than you, but I don't know what you're taking about, Phlegmmy, and I'm curious!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.com