Library Cataloging
OCLC has released the report Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want.
- Metastudy Of Users
Image via WikipediaThe digital information seeker: Findings from selected OCLC, RIN and JISC user behaviour projects has just been published by the JISC.In the interest of analysing and synthesising several user behaviour studies conducted in the US and...
- Librarything
Some very interesting things going on at LibraryThing, the home cataloging tool. They now have MARC records for many of their titles. I didn't see a way to download them, but they might be useful for very small libraries.But even more interesting...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Catalogs
The Library Link of the Day points to Adding Substance, Not Just Frills, to a Library's Online Catalog by Janet L. Balas in Computers in LibrariesIntegrating enhanced content and electronic resources into the OPAC is a trend that librarians cannot...
- Cataloging
Why library catalogs fail - comments from SLA sessions by Kathy Bryce appears in Wired West v. 6 no. 4.I think Roy Tennant summed up the call to action with the phrase "surface the content". Library catalog users are used to searching Google and Amazon...
Library Cataloging
Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want
OCLC has released the report Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want.
This new report summarizes the findings of research conducted by OCLC on what constitutes quality in library online catalogs from both end users? and librarians? points of view.
Key findings:The end user?s experience of the delivery of wanted items is as important, if not more important, than his or her discovery experience.End users rely on and expect enhanced content including summaries/abstracts and tables of contents.An advanced search option (supporting fielded searching) and facets help end users refine searches, navigate, browse and manage large result sets.Important differences exist between the catalog data quality priorities of end users and those who work in libraries.Librarians and library staff, like end users, approach catalogs and catalog data purposefully. End users generally want to find and obtain needed information; librarians and library staff generally have work responsibilities to carry out. The work roles of librarians and staff influence their data quality preferences.Librarians? choice of data quality enhancements reflects their understanding of the importance of accurate, structured data in the catalog.
- Metastudy Of Users
Image via WikipediaThe digital information seeker: Findings from selected OCLC, RIN and JISC user behaviour projects has just been published by the JISC.In the interest of analysing and synthesising several user behaviour studies conducted in the US and...
- Librarything
Some very interesting things going on at LibraryThing, the home cataloging tool. They now have MARC records for many of their titles. I didn't see a way to download them, but they might be useful for very small libraries.But even more interesting...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Catalogs
The Library Link of the Day points to Adding Substance, Not Just Frills, to a Library's Online Catalog by Janet L. Balas in Computers in LibrariesIntegrating enhanced content and electronic resources into the OPAC is a trend that librarians cannot...
- Cataloging
Why library catalogs fail - comments from SLA sessions by Kathy Bryce appears in Wired West v. 6 no. 4.I think Roy Tennant summed up the call to action with the phrase "surface the content". Library catalog users are used to searching Google and Amazon...