Library Cataloging
Some interesting ideas are being discussed by Christopher Harris and K.G. Schneider. Read what both have to say, mull it over, and consider our catalogs and our users. The time will be well spent. Then return and see what comments have been left. Some important issues for our catalogs are being discussed. Our catalogs have the ability to be more dynamic, should they?
RSS
- Yesterday's Concerns
Yesterday I posted about my concerns about basing RDA on an model based on relational databases. That has started some of the best weblog reading I've had in quite some time. Read the comments responding to my question. Then go to Bibliographic Wilderness...
- 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....
- Trade Literature
The RLG forum had the talk Trade literature by Mary Augusta Thomas discussing catalogs at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Fascinating collection and talk. I'd never thought about all the possible uses old catalogs could serve. Then a couple...
- Hipper Catalogs
Dressing the part... by Nelia C. Wurangian-Caan asks how can we make our catalogs more hip, and so attractive to users. Here are a few of my ideas for making our catalogs more hip.RSS feed of most circulated books, books with most holds, etc. Dynamic...
- Information
Currently I'm reading Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger. He makes an interesting point about information that we (or at least me) often overlook. There are times we want just the facts, but most often we...
Library Cataloging
RSS & Updating the Catalog
Some interesting ideas are being discussed by Christopher Harris and K.G. Schneider. Read what both have to say, mull it over, and consider our catalogs and our users. The time will be well spent. Then return and see what comments have been left. Some important issues for our catalogs are being discussed. Our catalogs have the ability to be more dynamic, should they?
RSS
- Yesterday's Concerns
Yesterday I posted about my concerns about basing RDA on an model based on relational databases. That has started some of the best weblog reading I've had in quite some time. Read the comments responding to my question. Then go to Bibliographic Wilderness...
- 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....
- Trade Literature
The RLG forum had the talk Trade literature by Mary Augusta Thomas discussing catalogs at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Fascinating collection and talk. I'd never thought about all the possible uses old catalogs could serve. Then a couple...
- Hipper Catalogs
Dressing the part... by Nelia C. Wurangian-Caan asks how can we make our catalogs more hip, and so attractive to users. Here are a few of my ideas for making our catalogs more hip.RSS feed of most circulated books, books with most holds, etc. Dynamic...
- Information
Currently I'm reading Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger. He makes an interesting point about information that we (or at least me) often overlook. There are times we want just the facts, but most often we...