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Super-heroes for the Thick-Glasses Set
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 08:11 amBookhunter by Jason Shiga
9780974271569
documents the die-hard police force that library miscreants should have to face. Very funny and well-drawn in an entertaining collision of Peter Lorre and the Muppets.
An amber book that captures and demonstrates the cutting edge technology for librarians and the phone system in 1973. And since, after all, the characters are guardians of all knowledge, they know just how quickly their elaborate current system will be outmoded.
A desparate needle search through the hay depot of the Oakland Public Library's card catalog yields one three-foot drawer odd enough to warrant a consultation with the Czar of Cataloging. His quick assessment: "Now I can tell right off the bat there are 12 cards missing here. ... In a few years we'd be done 10 minutes ago"
9780974271569
documents the die-hard police force that library miscreants should have to face. Very funny and well-drawn in an entertaining collision of Peter Lorre and the Muppets.
An amber book that captures and demonstrates the cutting edge technology for librarians and the phone system in 1973. And since, after all, the characters are guardians of all knowledge, they know just how quickly their elaborate current system will be outmoded.
A desparate needle search through the hay depot of the Oakland Public Library's card catalog yields one three-foot drawer odd enough to warrant a consultation with the Czar of Cataloging. His quick assessment: "Now I can tell right off the bat there are 12 cards missing here. ... In a few years we'd be done 10 minutes ago"
