I wish I had thought of this!

Here is a website that just made me laugh and reminisce: The Virtual Museum of Cataloging and Acquisitions Artifacts.

I used many of the tools -- electric erasers, the card platens, Kardex trays, etc. KU's Curll Collection card with the title page image brought back a lot of memories -- I still have a card sorter squirreled away and a card catalog cabinet stored away! Ya never know...

The best use of catalog cards (after they leave the card catalog) I have seen yet is the decoration of an elevator shaft at the Los Angeles Public Central Library -- the elevator has a glass window and as you travel up and down the shaft you see all the cards! Check it out!

Looking forward, today I saw a word or tag cloud in action in a database -- Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works -- and knew what it was! Thanks TLC.