Libraries in transition: From book collections & union catalogues to Open Access & digital repositories
Vol.3,No.2(2011)
Centralized Services, or Union Catalogues Anew
Union catalogues are a specific type of library catalogue that aggregate and present information from multiple libraries in a single, unified interface. Union catalogues were originally listings of books or serials collected by a set of libraries in a given geographic area or subject area. As the information landscape continues to evolve with more exclusively-digital content being produced, a next generation of union catalogues is being developed to tie together content from disparate digital repositories. This paper will provide an overview of Open Access, digital repositories, and interoperability, and it will suggest a framework for considering the future of union catalogues and libraries in general.
Abby Clobridge
Clobridge Consulting, USA
union catalogues; Open Access; interoperability; future of libraries; digital repostitories
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