Back in the days when…..

Catalogue form.pngThis piece of working ephemera gives an insight into how the Brighton and Sussex NHS librarians used to catalogue material, and the time and processes involved.

Handwritten completed forms were passed on to the South East Thames Regional Library & Information Service, based at Brighton General Hospital, for their cataloguing department to add to the regional catalogue.

Who would have thought then that the library could provide entire online texts at the fingertips of NHS staff?

We’ve come a long way!