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
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2008-11-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3598440316

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.

Advances in Online Public Access Catalogs

Advances in Online Public Access Catalogs
Author: Marsha Ra
Publisher: Mecklermedia Corporation
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1992
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780887367755

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

Subject Control in Online Catalogs

Subject Control in Online Catalogs
Author: Robert P Holley
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1990-01-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780866567930

Is the quality of subject access significantly better with the online catalog than with the card catalogs? For many years, librarians have been discontent with the quality of subject access in card catalogs, and they hoped that the online catalog would offer significant improvements. This new book addresses this question from five different perspectives--research studies, opinion pieces from public and technical services librarians, special needs, the international perspective, and a comprehensive annotated bibliography of previous work. By exploring the progress of the online catalog to date and making suggestions for future research, the contributors to Subject Control in Online Catalogs provide important reading for public services and technical services librarians, as well as systems librarians. In one this single volume, you will find research studies promising new paths for systems developments, descriptions of international developments that have vital implications for American subject access, and the valuable perspectives of innovative public and technical services librarians.

Online Catalogs in ARL Libraries

Online Catalogs in ARL Libraries
Author: Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1983
Genre: Academic libraries
ISBN: