NPR

Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel

Before the internet made book reviews widely accessible, where would curious minds go to find information about a new novel's subject matter or a plot? If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could ...
LAist

Before Google

Before the internet helped you choose your next read, the Los Angeles Public Library created an index of fiction book review cards. How it worked: The reviews, a collection of thousands of index cards ...
NPR

Meet the woman who helped libraries across the U.S. 'surf the internet'

When former librarian and author Jean Armour Polly first introduced the idea of having computers in libraries in the early 1980s, she was met with pushback. "People scoffed and said, 'Why would you go ...