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microcard|ˈmaɪkrəʊkɑːd|
Also Microcard.
[f. micro- 7 + card n.2]
An opaque card bearing microphotographs of a number of pages of a book, periodical, etc. (A proprietary name in the U.S.)
1944F. Rider Scholar & Future of Research Library ii. i. 99 Why might we not combine the micro-texts of our books, and the catalog cards for these same books, in one single entity?.. I called this new concept..a ‘micro-card’. 1950Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 24 Jan. 907/1 The Micro Library Incorporated, La Crosse, Wis.{ddd}Microcard for publications in card form, reproduced by printing, photographing and otherwise. Claims use since November 1947. 1950,1953[see microfiche]. 1958Engineering 31 Jan. 155/1 Micro-card can also be used on the reverse side for such purposes as abstracts in normal type and catalogue notations. 1958Times Rev. Industry Mar. 61/1 For recording such material as technical periodicals or newspapers, the microcard system is often the better method. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) iii. 49 Today with microfilm and micro-cards..the printed word assumes again much of the handicraft character of a manuscript. 1973Computers & Humanities VII. 168 Few agencies even assemble material on microfiches or micro⁓cards.
So ˈmicrocard v., to reproduce on micro-cards; ˈmicrocarded ppl. a.
1944F. Rider Scholar & Future of Research Library ii. vii. 189 What types of material, and..what titles..ought, therefore, to be micro-carded first. c1960Microcards (Microcard Foundation), Reports coming in from men in the field are collated and the completed reports are Microcarded... Literally shelves of Microcarded books and periodicals can be stored in one file cabinet. |