Seymour Lubetzky, who helped librarians channel the rising tide of information with his ingenious transformation of cataloging, died April 5 in Los Angeles. He was 104. Mr. Lubetzky worked for years ...

If you think it is hard to explain to nonlibrary users what a librarian does, try explaining the job of a cataloger. Not long ago (when I was still in library school), if someone had asked me what ...

Imagine you wanted to find books or journal articles on a particular subject. Or find manuscripts by a particular author. Or locate serials, music or maps. You would use a library catalog that ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Seymour Lubetzky, a leading theorist in the field of descriptive cataloging who was instrumental in changing the way bibliographic information is organized, has died. He was 104. Lubetzky was admitted ...

David Gibson, a moving image technician at The Library of Congress tasked with acquiring and preserving video games, recently gave an interview in which he discussed the process on the LIbrary of ...

Justin Dunnavant is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Florida. You can find him on Twitter at @archfieldnotes or at his blog AfricanaArch. As a graduate student you’ll have plenty of ...

If you do a Google search for "card catalog" it will likely return Pinterest-worthy images of antique furniture for sale — boxy, wooden cabinets with tiny drawers, great for storing knick-knacks, ...