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Re: card catalog trivia question



Depending on the thickness of the cards, between 75-100 per inch. A simple way to figure this out is to measure two inches of cards, count them, divide by two, and then use that figure for the whole index.



Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
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Culinary Institute of America
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>>> Heidi Dressler Kelly <hkelly@WICHITA.LIB.KS.US> 03/21/01 10:03AM >>>
Hello,

For a proposal I am working on to have a 3x5-card newspaper index converted
to a computer database, I need to estimate about how many cards are in the
typical shelf list drawer. I don't feel like counting, and my cataloging
department doesn't have an estimate on hand.

Does anyone who might have done such a project in the past have a guess?

Thank you,
Heidi

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Heidi Dressler Kelly, MSLS
Local History Librarian
Wichita Public Library
223 S. Main St.
Wichita, KS 67202
316-261-8500
hkelly@wichita.lib.ks.us 

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