OCLC ISSUES REPORT ON ONLINE CATALOGS

摘要

Online catalog interfaces matter but catalog data quality is also a driving factor of an online catalog's perceived utility-not only for end users but also for librarians and library staff, according to OCLC's (6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017, 800/848-5878) recently issued report, "Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want."rnTo gain a rounded, evidence-based understanding of what constitutes "quality" in catalog data, OCLC formed a research team to identify and compare the data quality expectations of catalog end users and librarians; compare the catalog data quality expectations of types of librarians; and recommend catalog data quality priorities, taking into account the perspectives of both end users and librarians.