From the beginning
When We Were Google photo by Chris Morland It is only 46 years ago but this is like describing the time of the Plantagenets when recalling life in the big library before the fire. It was an age long ago when computers were a rumor and hard copy was the only copy. You could say we did present as the houses of Lancaster (Los Angeles Public Library) and York (Los Angeles County Library.) These were the heavyweight systems who served the largest pool of patrons in the U.S. at the time. Everyone genuflected to the New York Public Library but when they closed up for the night we got thei...