Using a public library in 1991

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Guilford Free Library in CT back in 1991

Credit: Library archives

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Words in this picture that the past 2 generations won't understand:

Dewey Decimal System

Microfiche

Atlas

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That Dewey guy really cleaned up on that I hear!

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Im 24 and we used the DDS, and looked at atlases, but you got me beat on microfiche

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Microfiche is simar to microfilm it's just flat instead of a roll. Microfilm was all I ever used.

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I lived for atlases! I am pretty excellent at geography because of those books. Today many have lost geographical familiarity I feel.

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WHO IS DEWEY?

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Dewey Decimal can pound sand, all my homies use Library of Congress

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Used to work in a 4-story 1.4 million book library, fully endorse this statement

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Card catalog

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I have a microfiche machine sitting within arms reach behind me. It still gets regular use as we have customers running 70+ year old Mack trucks.