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Thank you, Everett! But, not so past. I began volunteering at a local
historical society about a year ago to help with the cataloging. They
are not automated at all. On my first day, I learned that they still
typed their catalog cards. One by one. My reaction: I don't type. LC's
decision to stop providing card sets has been devastating to those
unautomated indispensable poor small libraries. I investigated various
programs that reputedly produced cards. None were satisfactory and all
were pricey. Then, I discovered Readerware, which had a card production
capability and was quite inexpensive, but did not produce cards in the
desired format. Still, it did allow one to diddle with the HTML coding
that produced the cards. After considerable work, I was able to use
line-by-line styles that produced cards that look like LC knock-offs and
produces complete card sets. And, I located a Canadian firm that
supplies medium weight perforated card stock; the US firms only supplied
flimsy light weight stock.