Freeman, Michael Stuart. 1991. “Pen, Ink, Keys, and Cards: Some Reflections on Library Technology.” College and Research Libraries 52(4): 328–35. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/41489 (July 26, 2026).
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We maychuckle at John Cotton Dana's proposalin 1907 to use vending machines, justcoming into popular use for chewinggum and novelties, to display and circu-late books, but the concept behind themachine-that of the self-service li-brary-was and is a good idea. In hissuggestion that users insert their librarycard (or more precisely an encodedmetal strip "not larger than a Yale key")so borrower data could be recorded, wesee a distinctly modern application oftechnology to solve a library problem.
I've actually used a library vending machine that had books and DVDs in it in the last 2 years at a local pizza parlor.
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- Desk Set (1957)
- printing telegraph
- Michael Stuart Freeman
- British Museum
- library card catalog
- telegraph
- electric lighting
- typewriters
- Richard Garnett
- library technology
- library science
- library cards
- References
- libraries
- vending machines
- read
- John Cotton Dana
- book catalogues
- 1907
- book circulation
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- Mar 2023
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Stationery vending machine in the headquarters on the university campus
Pens, highighters, index cards, and other small sundries available on a German university campus at the library.
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