[Metadatalibrarians] FW: [OCLC-CAT] Now available: Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want

[Ratliff, Louise]

FYI - Please excuse duplication.

 

Louise Ratliff
Social Sciences Cataloger
UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center
Phone: (310) 206-5853
Fax:   (310) 794-9357 

From: OCLC-Cataloging [mailto:OCLC-CAT at OCLC.ORG] On Behalf Of
Whitehair,David
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:19 PM
To: OCLC-CAT at OCLC.ORG
Subject: [OCLC-CAT] Now available: Online Catalogs: What Users and
Librarians Want

 

The research report, "Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want",
is now available for order and download. Authored by an OCLC research
team headed by Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata
Services, the report presents findings about the data quality
expectations of catalog end users and librarians. 

Please visit http://www.oclc.org/reports/onlinecatalogs/default.htm
<http://www.oclc.org/reports/onlinecatalogs/default.htm>  to order the
report, download a copy and to learn more.

The Online Catalogs report offers: 

	*	Insight for readers seeking to define requirements for
improved catalog data
	*	Information about the metadata elements that are most
important to end users in determining if an item will meet his or her
needs
	*	Support for the enhancements end users and librarians
would like to see made in online library catalogs
	*	Insight into the end user's discovery experience
	*	Findings for readers in areas associated with
contributing, synchronizing or linking data from multiple sources in
library catalogs and integrated library systems 

 

Thanks, 
David 

David Whitehair 
Global Product Manager, Cataloging & Metadata Services 
OCLC 
6565 Kilgour Place 
Dublin, OH 43017-3395 USA 
Voice -- +1-614-764-6483 or 1-800-848-5878 
Fax -- +1-614-718-7292 
Email -- david_whitehair at oclc.org 

 

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