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This document discusses how web-based catalogues and search functions are impacting libraries. It provides an overview of trends like Web 2.0 that have led to libraries making their resources available remotely through web-based online public access catalogs (OPACs). The document also gives specific details about the catalogue and resources available at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) library, which uses the ALEPH system and is a member of OCLC and CALICO agreements to provide access to holdings. It concludes that libraries must find ways to better meet the changing information needs of users.
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Web based catalogue.pptx22
- 1. Web-based catalogue Web 2.0 trends Web searching
- 3. O Impact OWeb 2.0 trends OWeb searching OWeb based catalogue
- 4. O King (2007:1) O Change in format and retrieval techniques O Madhusudhan (2011) O Library resources made accessible remotely through web-based OPAC/Web PAC
- 5. Functions O Direct patrons/users O Different search methods O E.g. boolean logic, phrase searching OWeb-based OPACs provide faceted navigation
- 6. UWC library O Part of CALICO agreement O Member of OCLC O Holdings of UWC library O ALEPH catalogue O CALICO OWorldCat Local O Sabinet
- 7. Conclusion O Library must come to the user to find out how they can be better meet the information need of the users.
- 8. Reference list O King, Lizette. 2007. Information literacy of incoming undergraduate Arts students at the University of the Western Cape: assessment of competencies and proficiencies. Bellville: University of the Western Cape. O Madhusudhan, Margam. 2011. Web-based Online Public Access Catalogues of HT libraries in India: An Evaluative Study. Program.45(4):pp.415-438
- 9. O Thank you