id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12523 MacDonald, Robin W.; Elrod, J. McRee An Approach to Developing Computer Catalogs 1973-05-01 7 .pdf application/pdf 3990 192 59 Another reason for examining the costs of card catalog systems in contrast to computer systems is the cost of de- centralization, where collections are di- vided among a variety of branch li- braries, resulting in increased costs. If the costs of card catalogs continue to rise and eventually meet the declining costs of computer usage, then at some point in this decade, economic pressures and other factors will force libraries to. cache/crl-12523.pdf txt/crl-12523.txt