[Yulpub] Next generation library catalog list

[Suzanne Lorimer]

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| Next Generation Catalogs for Libraries                             |
|   from the Next-Gen dept.                                          |
|   posted by Blake on Friday June 09, @21:01 (Announcements)        |
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A mailing list has been created called [0]NGC4Lib -- Next Generation
Catalogs for Libraries.
NGC4Lib is open to anybody in the world, and its purpose is to discuss
things including but not limited to:
* Who are the primary intended audiences for a library's "card catalog"?
* Considering the changing nature of information access in an Internet
environment, how is an electronic "card catalog" of today different from
the one designed ten or fifteen years ago?
* What kind of content should these "card catalogs" contain?
* To what degree are these things "catalogs" (as in inventory lists), and
to what degree are they finding aids?
* To what degree should traditional cataloging practices be used in such
a thing, or to what degree should new and upcoming practices such as FRBR
be exploited?
* How would such a thing get created and by whom?
* What are some of the functionalities of "next generation" catalog?

-Sue

Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services
226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT  06520-8240
(phone) 203-432-8371  (fax) 203-432-8527