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Meet the Hamnet HBCN ("Handy Butt-Cover Note")
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Meet the Hamnet HBCN ("Handy Butt-Cover Note")

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Erin Blake

When libraries replaced card catalogs with computer catalogs, researchers lost a crucial piece of information: an at-glance indication of relative trustworthiness. Consider this thin slip of paper from the Folger’s card catalog, for example: Accession-level record from Folger card catalog Looks fairly preliminary, right? That’s because…