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BWinmill · 03-18-2012, 01:12 AM

Here is a much deeper discussion of where reading is heading, circa 1945:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...ngle_page=true

People definitely had microfilm/microform readers in their homes, but I think that they fell on the hardcore researcher end of things. I also remember using microform readers in my public library, because that's how they catalogued their books. And let me tell ya, it was a lot easier to use than index cards.

03-18-2012, 01:12 AM	#15
BWinmill Nameless Being	Here is a much deeper discussion of where reading is heading, circa 1945: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...ngle_page=true People definitely had microfilm/microform readers in their homes, but I think that they fell on the hardcore researcher end of things. I also remember using microform readers in my public library, because that's how they catalogued their books. And let me tell ya, it was a lot easier to use than index cards.