Online Public Access Catalogues and Library Discovery Systems

IF 0.6 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
D. Wells
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Abstract

This article provides an overview of computer based catalogue systems designed for use by library clients, seeing present day ‘discovery systems’ on the same trajectory as the older ‘online public access catalogues’ (OPACs) which they are gradually replacing, both in technical development and their approach to client use scenarios. It traces the history of the OPAC/discovery system from its origins in the library automation of the 1960s through to the present and discusses the main technical standards which have formed its development. The article goes on to consider questions relating to the usability of electronic library catalogues and highlights semiotic and ethical issues inherent to their design. It concludes with reflections on the future of the OPAC/discovery system in an information universe apparently dominated by the internet search engine.
在线公共访问目录和图书馆发现系统
本文概述了为图书馆客户设计的基于计算机的目录系统,看到了当今的“发现系统”与旧的“在线公共访问目录”(OPACs)相同的轨迹,它们在技术发展和客户使用场景的方法上逐渐被取代。追溯了OPAC/发现系统从20世纪60年代的图书馆自动化发展到现在的历史,并讨论了形成OPAC/发现系统发展的主要技术标准。文章继续考虑与电子图书馆目录的可用性有关的问题,并强调其设计固有的符号学和伦理问题。文章最后对OPAC/发现系统在一个显然由互联网搜索引擎主导的信息世界中的未来进行了反思。
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Knowledge Organization
Knowledge Organization INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
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