I don't think it's a Kardex since they lay flat (but overlapping) on
eachother in drawers that pulled out. This seems to be a vertical file
which is able to be alphabetized and changed around because of the
strips of writing material (which look suspiciously like the bottoms of
file folders to me). It sure is fascinating, but because of the photo,
it's not possible to determine what sort of scale this contraption is.

Peter Picerno

Peter V. Picerno
Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
Asst. Head of Resource Development
Green Library
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Ph: 305.348.6279
ppicerno@fiu.edu

Tom Evans wrote:
> Is it not a kardex?
>
> Sincerely,
> Tom Evans
> Serials Librarian
> Canisius College Library
> 2001 Main Street
> Buffalo, NY 14208
> email: evans@canisius.edu
> Phone: 716-888-2932
> Fax: 716-888-2887
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>
>> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:13:30 -0700
>> From: Cheryl Boettcher Tarsala <c-tarsala@LINKLINE.COM>
>> Subject: [SERIALST] What was this serials technology called?
>> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
>>
>> This is a somewhat recreational question, but perhaps the list would
>> be willing to weigh in on it.
>>
>> I've been cruising flickr looking for cataloging images for my blog,
>> and found this one:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/meliroo/444411917/in/set-72157600043671337/
>>
>> I realized that it's a mysterious, lost technology that I don't know
>> anything about.  What on earth was it called?  I struggle to think of
>> keywords to even Google it!
>>
>> I'm old enough to remember them in use, but never personally worked
>> with them. How did all the little cardboard strips fit into the
>> typewriter so you could type on them? Do you pull off the top metal
>> strip of the holder and drop the strips into each side? And, I
>> suppose you have to shift all the strips each time you get a new line
>> ...?
>>
>> Any insight into the workings of these things from long-time
>> serialists would be appreciated!
>> --
>> Cheryl Boettcher Tarsala
>> Adjunct Assistant Professor
>> LEEP Program, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
>> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>>
>> c-tarsala@linkline.com
>> ctarsala@uiuc.edu
>>
>> The views expressed here are my own and not those of UIUC or GSLIS.
>>