Advances in Online Public Access Catalogs
Advances in Online Public Access Catalogs

Author: Marsha Ra

Publisher: Mecklermedia Corporation

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780887367755

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Deals with some of the issues faced by librarians as their traditional card catalog grows into an elaborate electronic information system accessible by the public. Considers user interfaces, enhancing the traditional catalog record, redefining the scope of online public access catalogs, and moving beyond the library walls. Many of the chapters are case studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Online Catalog
The Online Catalog

Author: Emily Gallup Fayen

Publisher: White Plains, NY : Knowledge Industry Publications

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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What is an online catalog? Determining the need for an online catalog; Creating the data base; Installing an online catalog: moving from theory to practice; Costs and contracts, grants and funding; Choosing an online catalog; Evaluating the online catalog; The integrated library system; The online catalog in the information age.

IFLA Guidelines for Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Displays
IFLA Guidelines for Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Displays

Author: Task Force on Guidelines for OPAC Displays

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2008-11-03

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 3598440316

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Existing Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) demonstrate differences in the range and complexity of their functional features, terminology, and help facilities. While many libraries already have OPACs, there is a need to bring together, in the form of guidelines or recommendations, a corpus of good practice to assist libraries in designing or re-designing the displays for their OPACs, taking into consideration the needs of users. The audience for these guidelines is librarians charged with customizing OPAC software and vendors and producers of this software. The guidelines are mainly designed for general libraries with collections of resources in the humanities, the social sciences, and the pure and applied sciences. The guidelines are intended to apply to any type of catalogue, independently of the kind of interface and technology used.

The Online Catalog
The Online Catalog

Author: Thomas A. Peters

Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780899506005

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Studies of online public access catalog use have shown that failure rates of 40 percent are common, advanced features (series searches, Boolean searches, and call number browsing, etc.) aren't used heavily, and about 20 percent of all failed searches are due to misspellings and typographical errors.The emphasis of this work is on user behavior, rather than attitudes, wishes and comments. Problems with the use of online catalogs are identified, and potential solutions examined. Also included is a classified, annotated bibliography.