摘要：This inadequately-titled book is one of the most important books of our time. Though it first appears in an edition of 2700 copies-relatively large for a book with so forbiddingly restrictive a title-librarians with a firstedition complex will do well to obtain a copy promptly. No one concerned above the bread-and-butter level with the recording and dissemination of human knowledge can afford to put off reading the book. Mr. Rider's book is a reviewer's dream, in that its essence can be distilled into a beautifully simple, single idea that at once captures the imagination. In essence, then, Mr. Rider proposes that on the back of each author and subject catalogue card there be micro-printed the whole of the material catalogued on the face of the card.
