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"A few decades ago, checking out a library book meant writing your name on a
lined, 3-by-5-inch card that a librarian then stamped the due date on. When you
returned the book, the card went into a pocket that was glued inside the back
cover.
Now that digital technology is everywhere, these cards are obsolete.
“For the most part, it's just so foreign to younger generations, 30-year-olds
and down,” says Kansas City artist Heidi Pitre, who’s been creating artwork on
these old checkout cards for a decade. “It definitely opens a conversation for
how it used to be.”
Sixty-six of Pitre’s pen-and-ink illustrations, inspired by books and their
authors, are now on display in a new exhibition called “Permanent Record,” on
the second floor of Kansas City Public Library’s downtown location."
Via Muse, who wrote "What a fun creative thing to do!!!"
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