@shivkumarClayTabletsWeb2013
[!info] - Cite Key: @shivkumarClayTabletsWeb2013 - Link: Shiv Kumar - 2013 - From Clay Tablets to Web Journey of Library Catal.pdf - Abstract: The paper discusses the evolution and development of library catalogues from clay tablets to the web-based catalogue. In the early stages, cataloguing was a local and individual library practice. Each library constructed its own catalogue, most suited to its purpose. A series of continuous changes through the ages, in both, conventional and non-conventional catalogues, including recent technology inputs added various features to the present day catalogue. Today the computerised catalogue may function like a portal and this function can be exploited infinitely to connect to a variety of data considered useful for library users. The system designers are trying to adopt new trends in OPACs. Web-based catalogues initiated Web 2.0 trends like RSS feeds, blogs, downloadable e-media, and instant messages. The facelift of the simple catalogue was eminent to keep up with the versatile needs of the widely web-exposed library users.
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[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight The two main tools are classification and catalogue.
[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight The next ten centuries saw the growth of libraries of the Western World
[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight The American Library Association and British Library Association jointly prepared the AA Code 1908 to secure greater uniformity in catalogue rules. This was the first attempt to achieve international co-operation in the field.
[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight Developments in information technology (IT) revolutionised the catalogue and consequently, the online public access catalogue (OPAC) emerged
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[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight With the demise of the card catalogue, the need for stressing the ‘online public access’ part has disappeared and they are now frequently just ‘catalogue’10.
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[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight The words from titles, subject headings, authors or other names were access points in these types of OPACs and search statements could be combined by linking Boolean operators, user did not require an exact author or title match to find information.
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[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight This initiated a trend towards making online catalogues more user-friendly, and providing users with as many available options as possible.
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[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight Further improvements in OPACs were regarded as third generation OPACs post 1996. OPACs of this generation were user-friendly, had improved search capabilities with free text search and enriched database. These OPACs were capable of providing links to external full-text indexes, databases, and e-journals on the internet17.
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[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight Conceptually, the objectives and functions of the catalogues are independent of its physical forms and arrangement
Definitions / concepts¶
[!quote|#2ea8e5] Highlight Classification helps in arranging documents on shelves in a systematic order
[!quote|#2ea8e5] Highlight the catalogue helps in organising, identifying, and locating the required documents.
[!quote|#2ea8e5] Highlight One of IT’s greatest accomplishments is transformation of the card catalogue to the OPAC to facilitate libraries. An OPAC is a library catalogue accessed via a computer terminal for the benefit of library users. It is a computerised catalogue of documents and reading materials available in a library.
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[!quote|#2ea8e5] Highlight The Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science defines, ‘OPAC as an acronym for Online Public Access catalog, a database composed of bibliographic records describing the books and other materials owned by a library or library system, accessible via public terminals or workstations usually concentrated near the reference desk to make it easy for users to request the assistance of a trained reference librarian.
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[!quote|#5fb236] Highlight OPAC offers a greater number of access points for a single record; • It provides access to a wide coverage of information quickly; • It provides information which may not be available in the printed form; • It connects to current information since online databases are updated speedily and more frequently; • It eliminates need for tedious clerical work of typing and arranging catalogue cards; • It offers faster search facilities and the capability of Boolean searching13.
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[!quote|#5fb236] Highlight One of its most interesting features over the manual catalogues is to enable the user to search the required information in a variety of ways that are not available in the traditional catalogue.
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[!quote|#5fb236] Highlight Browsing search is an effective approach to searching that requires little effort and knowledge on the part of the user
[!quote|#5fb236] Highlight there have been continuous changes through the ages in both conventional and nonconventional catalogues
[!quote|#5fb236] Highlight Technology, however, influenced the way in which the functions are carried out. Computer and communication technology have added additional features in the catalogue.
[!quote|#5fb236] Highlight The modern catalogue should provide an easy access approach and all possible means to the user for searching the vast library resources.
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