Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDe Jager, Karinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:14:17Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is a post-print of the published version of a SAGE Journal article available on: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666907075634.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhile libraries still spend much time and money on building and maintaining catalogues according to accepted international standards, there is considerable evidence that users are inclined to bypass libraries and their catalogues in their search for information and to rely solely on information provided by web search engines. This paper discusses the different and sometimes conflicting needs of on the one hand instant information seekers and on the other the needs of scholars that may be better served by information not obtainable by web searching alone. It proposes that one way of promoting and facilitating catalogue use is to include records for remote electronic resources into online catalogues, so that information about both print and electronic resources could be retrieved by a single search. The paper concludes by reporting on a survey done at a training workshop on the cataloguing of electronic resources, which was held by the Library and Information Association of South Africa's Interest Group for Bibliographic Standards, in July 2006.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Jager, K. (2007). Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa. <i>Information Development</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8899en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Jager, Karin "Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa." <i>Information Development</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8899en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Jager, K. 2007. Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa. Information Development.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0266-6669en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - De Jager, Karin AB - While libraries still spend much time and money on building and maintaining catalogues according to accepted international standards, there is considerable evidence that users are inclined to bypass libraries and their catalogues in their search for information and to rely solely on information provided by web search engines. This paper discusses the different and sometimes conflicting needs of on the one hand instant information seekers and on the other the needs of scholars that may be better served by information not obtainable by web searching alone. It proposes that one way of promoting and facilitating catalogue use is to include records for remote electronic resources into online catalogues, so that information about both print and electronic resources could be retrieved by a single search. The paper concludes by reporting on a survey done at a training workshop on the cataloguing of electronic resources, which was held by the Library and Information Association of South Africa's Interest Group for Bibliographic Standards, in July 2006. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Information Development LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 0266-6669 T1 - Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa TI - Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8899 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8899
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Jager K. Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa. Information Development. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8899.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherSAGEen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Information Literacyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceInformation Developmenten_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666907075634en_ZA
dc.titleOpening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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