Integrating E-Resources into an Online Catalog: The Hospital Library Experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Devica Ramjit Samsundar
Keyword(s):  
Online Catalog

Technical services and user service improvement

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 505-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Huang ◽  
Katherine Wong
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Of Oklahoma ◽  
Online Catalog ◽  
Efficient Processing ◽  
The University ◽  
Technical Services

PurposeFrom the cataloging librarians' point of view, this paper aims to present how technical services, especially the cataloging department, can play important roles in the improvement of user services.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines the practices of the University of Oklahoma Libraries.FindingsThe paper identifies several aspects in which technical services can enhance the quality of user services, especially in the cataloging department. A library's online catalog becomes the first point of access to the library's information resources. Its quality can be improved and enriched in many ways to raise users’ satisfaction. Aside from the improvement in technical aspects, efforts should also be made to promote collaboration between technical and public services so as to ensure efficient processing of materials and to meet the needs of library users.Originality/valueThe value of the paper is in showing that the quality of an online catalog and the cooperation between public and technical services are two of the key factors in achieving high quality of user services.

scholarly journals Returning Classification to the Catalog

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert N. Bland ◽  
Mark A. Stoffan
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Online Catalog ◽  
Online Catalogs ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Library Network ◽  
Keyword Searching

The concept of a classified catalog, or using classification as a form of subject access, has been almost forgotten by contemporary librarians. Recent developments indicate that this is changing as libraries seek to enhance the capabilities of their online catalogs. The Western North Carolina Library Network (WNCLN) has developed a “classified browse” feature for its shared online catalog that makes use of Library of Congress classification. While this feature is not expected to replace keyword searching, it offers both novice and experienced library users another way of identifying relevant materials.

scholarly journals Access to Historical Works in a French Library: Documents for Monastic History in the Médiathèque d’Arles

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-225
Author(s):  
Charlene Kellsey
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Digital Form ◽  
Online Catalog ◽  
Electronic Access ◽  
Card Catalog ◽  
Monastic History

Despite ever-increasing electronic access to a wide variety of information resources, academic librarians need to remember that a significant number of historical documents are not available in digital form; nor have the catalogs or bibliographies containing these documents been digitized. While it is true that many libraries in Europe, as well as the United States, now make their general library catalogs available on the Internet, frequently there existed manuscripts and documents that never were included in the original card catalog that served as the basis for the online catalog. Thus, the historical scholar must depend on reference sources, such as . . .

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