Trivia / Tomes & Talismans

• Technology Marches On: The series was made in the 80's, and it definitely shows in terms of predictions regarding future technology. As just one example among many, it assumes that in the future we will still have physical card catalogues rather than just digital ones. (At present libraries do of course still have both, but as more and more things go online, the chance of a physical one being preserved, especially in a future library intended to retain all of Earth's knowledge, is fairly slim. Also note how small the library seems for one which is supposed to hold all of Earth's knowledge.) And there's the library's audiovisual room, which is noted to contain VHS tapes, microfilm and microfiche, cassette tapes, and video recording equipment.