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.

Digital Library Use

Digital Library Use
Author: Ann P. Bishop
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2003
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780262025447

Viewing digital libraries as sociotechnical systems, networks of people and technology interacting with society.

The Online Catalog

The Online Catalog
Author: Thomas A. Peters
Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1991
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780899506005

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.

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
Author: Allen Kent
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1996-05-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780824720582

Supplement 21: Concept-Based Indexing and Retrieval of Hypermedia Information to Using Self-Checkout Technology to Increase Productivity and Patron Service in the Library.

Book Trade Catalogues in Early Modern Europe

Book Trade Catalogues in Early Modern Europe
Author: Arthur der Weduwen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2021-07-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004422242

This edited collection offers in seventeen chapters the latest scholarship on book catalogues in early modern Europe. Contributors discuss the role that these catalogues played in bookselling and book auctions, as well as in guiding the tastes of book collectors and inspiring some of the greatest libraries of the era. Catalogues in the Low Countries, Britain, Germany, France and the Baltic region are studied as important products of the early modern book trade, and as reconstructive tools for the history of the book. These catalogues offer a goldmine of information on the business of books, and they allow scholars to examine questions on the distribution and ownership of books that would otherwise be extremely difficult to pursue. Contributors: Helwi Blom, Pierre Delsaerdt, Arthur der Weduwen, Anna E. de Wilde, Shanti Graheli, Ann-Marie Hansen, Rindert Jagersma, Graeme Kemp, Ian Maclean, Alicia C. Montoya, Andrew Pettegree, Philippe Schmid, Forrest C. Strickland, Jasna Tingle, Marieke van Egeraat, and Elise Watson.

Subject Access

Subject Access
Author: Patrice Landry
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2011-06-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110234440

This volume contains the proceedings of a special conference held in Florence, August 2009. The theoretical and methodological aspects of rethinking semantic access to information and knowledge are explored. Innovative projects deployed to cope with the challenges of the future are presented and discussed. This book offers a unique opportunity for librarians and other information professionals to get acquainted with the state of the art in subject indexing.