tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post4468813219923441341..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Louis-Lucien BonaparteRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-23342719972128837492010-08-15T13:12:51.309-07:002010-08-15T13:12:51.309-07:00Speaking of Libraries, I am sure that you have rea...Speaking of Libraries, I am sure that you have read "The Library at Night" by Albert Manguel. He has a chapter in there about how on catalogues a library. I have always found this fascinating. When I was doing mostly science I there were people that had no classification whatsoever for their reprints. They simply knew where in any given file it was. I know Felix is a stickler for classification, using one of those software packages like EndNote.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-66617831826119134332010-08-15T15:52:42.896-07:002010-08-15T15:52:42.896-07:00No: I'll check that one out.They simply knew w...No: I'll check that one out.<br><br><i>They simply knew where in any given file it was.</i><br><br>Sounds like <a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZpUCdrMdKN4C&pg=PA81&dq=%22human+card+index%22&hl=en&ei=LW5oTPXuKs2TjAeRkp3UBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22human%20card%20index%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">Arthur Lloyd, "The Human Card Index"</a>: a 1930s vaudeville performer who act was to go on stage wearing an academic gown containing about 15,000 cards and documents (business, membership, licenses, etc) and rapidly produce any of them on request. The outfit is preserved; Ricky Jay, on examining it, noted that the ordering inside the 40 pockets gave no clue as to how he did it: it was quite possible he just where every one was.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com