The+library+catalogue

toc Aha, I have two different pages devoted to library catalogues! I suggest once you've read this page, you visit the other page at Next Generation OPACs which is a bit more up-to-date. Sorry for the confusion.

=The new generation library catalogues= The social catalogue as a [|social space]
 * Today's update: 16 June 2010**


 * Today's update: 8 February 2010**

*Catalogue? Where?
How do users [|find] your library catalogue?

*Hotlinking
Electronic [|links] in OPAC [from 2001]

*Cataloguing the web
A five-way conversation about [|cataloguing] web resources, and [|Part 2] of same, and follow the links at the bottom of the article for further parts!


 * Today's update: 11 January 2010**

*Catalogue Research
[|Study] into the public library catalogue as a social space


 * Today's update: 19 November 2009**

*OCLC catalogue record re-use
[|Guardian] article on OCLC's policy

*OCLC withdrawal
OCLC has [|withdrawn] its catalogue record re-use policy

*Some of the "interest" generated
Read some of the [|comments] the OCLC policy generated

*OCLC survey results
The OCLC recently surveyed users and librarians about what they wanted from the [|library catalogue]. Results here - quite a big pdf.

*OPAC and librarything
A public library incorporating [|librarything features] in its OPAC.

*Sopac
A new kind of [|social OPAC] that allows registered users to add reviews and tags (keywords!) to book records. And a [|blog] from the developer.

*The new Talis Prism
Have a look at the [|University of Bolton's] new Talis Prism - it's on the horizon for us too! The [|Talis Prism website] also has other news on the latest Prism developments.