It is called a "flexoline".  I was one who typed and filed those little
strips for years pre-automation.

MaryLou Epp
Serial Records Specialist
University Libraries
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Lincoln  NE  68588-4100

mepp1@unl.edu
402-472-2542

"SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum" <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>
wrote on 04/30/2008 12:13:30 PM:

> 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.