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[-] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

The card catalog at the library.

[-] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Those still exist at this time.

It's more like they will miss fully having to rely on the library and their family owning a collection of encyclopedia because no internet.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

There are still libraries that haven't computerized their catalog yet? I'm not sure I believe that.

(To be clear, I'm saying kids won't get the experience of specifically flipping through paper cards to find books, not the experience of using the library in general.)

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

The last time I used it, my local library had both.

[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago

I remember my family having an outdated encyclopedia because my aunt, a librarian, would hand off the old copy the library was trying to get rid of. I don't think I looked at them more than a few times, and even then it was only vaguely useful. Good riddance, online reference material is so much better.

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