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Re:What it feels like to be the last gen to remember life be... by bufordtwain on Sunday August 28, 2016 @01:52PM (#12377522)
Interestingly the internet (and computers in general) has made libraries better as well. I can search for pretty much any book using my local library's website, click a button and have it available within a few days for pickup at my local branch. The library will send me email reminders and will auto-renew books a number of times when they are about to come due.
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Re:What it feels like to be the last gen to remember life be... by HarryHirsch on Sunday August 28, 2016 @02:27PM (#12377736)
We had bibliographies and reviews even before the internet. Back then you filled in your interlibrary loan request, the library would sent it out to its correspondence libraries, and only within a few days the postcard would come, telling you that your book was available for pickup.

That said, bibliographic databases have been around since computers. They were just restricted to librarians, mostly because of infrastructure issues.

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