From Card Catalog to MIRLYN

From Card Catalog to MIRLYN

The first card catalog was created in 1890 in the form of handwritten subject cards. The library then moved to typed card catalog and after 1900 to printed cards from the Library of Congress.

In 1940, the card catalog had 2000 trays and 1.75 million cards.

In 1988, the online card catalog was created. The new service was called the Michigan Research Library Network (MIRLYN).

In the March of 2010, the card catalogs were completely removed from Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library.