Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want - Research Report from OCLC

摘要

In 2008, OCLC conducted focus groups, administered a pop-up survey on WorldCat.org - OCLC's freely available end user interface on the Web -and conducted a Web-based survey of librarians worldwide.rnThe Online Catalogs report presents findings from these research efforts in order to understand:rn1.The metadata elements that are most important to end users in determining if an item will meet his or her needs.