I’m teaching Pub355: Online Marketing for Publishers at Simon Fraser University.
On Friday, I explained how university students in 1997 would have accessed magazine articles published prior to that year.
* go to the library
* search the internal system or the card catalogue to find the shelf reference number (if there was a physical copy available) otherwise go to the special librarian to get the microfiche
* schedule time to use the microfiche reader
Microfiche: Microfiche is a card-shaped piece of photographic film, usually 4×6 or 3×5 inches in size, used for the storage of miniaturized text in a grid pattern. It can be read only with the aid of magnification by use of a microfiche reader. Microfiche may contain a printed book, journal, or newspaper. (Source: lib.uwo.ca)
How fun does that look?
What ancient technology can I explain this week? Maybe the dictaphone (which is a word my spell check does not recognize).
Dictaphone Parcel from Lauri Warsta on Vimeo.