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Writing is invented, and clay tablets are used to keep business transactions, rosters of names, and official records

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Information was recorded, copied, and distributed.

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Papyrus, Alexandria, and early loan fees

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Papyrus, Alexandria, and early loan fees

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Papyrus and ink is invented, and libraries are used to house scrolls of text: scientific discoveries, business transactions, stories. Loan fees were used to ensure the safe transit of scrolls.

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Librarians and book lovers mourn for years to come.

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The Middle Ages and codices of early monasteries

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The Middle Ages and codices of early monasteries

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Monasteries of the Middle Ages house scribes who worked skins into vellum which was hand-inscribed with copied text and intricate designs to be distributed individually as a Codex. A harsh winter rendered the scribes hands paralyzed--holds could not be fulfilled!

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Johannes Gutenberg invents movable type resulting in quick and efficient duplication of texts

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Catalogs are recognized as inventory lists for libraries.

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Germans design processing area for staff.

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Late 1960s, Library of Congress uses MARC

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Late 1960s, Library of Congress uses MARC

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Library of Congress embraces the MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) resulting in online bibliographic records and online ILL systems.

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Recognizable ILL system we still use today.

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Recognizable ILL system we still use today.

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The Library of Congress is used as a last resort for libraries in requesting ILLs for patrons everywhere.