If you walk into the Wyoming State Library, you’ll see a recently acquired card catalog. A card catalog may sound a bit 1900s, but we aren’t going back in time to the days before library items could be looked up digitally. Part of the Library of Congress (LOC) is now here in Wyoming!
This piece of library history is one of 53 card catalogs formerly used at the LOC that have been transformed into an information kiosk about the programs and services offered by the LOC. Read more about this special program in this LOC blog. Each drawer contains a card with a QR code that leads users to a different LOC program or service, including:
- Affiliate Centers for the Book
- American Folklife Center
- Ask a Librarian
- By The People Transcription Program
- Digital Collections
- Exhibitions
- Free to Use and Reuse Sets
- Law Library of Congress
- Library of Congress Blogs
- Literacy Awards
- National Book Festival
- National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
- Teaching with Primary Sources
- Copyright Office
- Veterans History Project
Patrons can visit the LOC card catalog information kiosk any time the Wyoming State Library is open—Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Come check it out and learn more about our nation’s largest library!