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Breeding, Marshall

 
9781555707088: Next Gen Library Catalogs (The Tech Set)

Sinopsis

Today's Web-savvy users often bypass traditional library catalogs for more interactive, tech-friendly interfaces. Help your library stand out within the crowded landscape of information providers with Marshall Breeding's new, highly practical guide to interactive next-generation library catalogs. Learn how to give your users access to a wide selection of print and electronic content with this jargon-free, step-by-step guide. Breeding outlines the important functions and features of next-gen catalogs, briefs you on all of the available commercial and open source software, and helps you select which products are right for your library's next-gen catalog. You'll learn to lay the groundwork for practical implementation, integrate the catalog into your existing technological environment, address a multitude of common implementation issues and concerns, and assess the impact of your Catalog so you can demonstrate the change you led. There is a thorough glossary with definitions for all key terms, and as with all the "Tech Set" guides, material is presented in a manner that is both accessible to non-technical professionals and useful for systems librarians.

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"Easy to read. Easy to understand. Clear. Straight-forward. Timely, and surprisingly up-to-date...a good job of outlining the issues and framework for "next generation" library catalogs." -- - Eric Lease Morgan, Head of Digital Access and Information Architecture at the University Libraries"

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Today's Web-savvy users often bypass traditional library catalogs for more interactive, tech-friendly interfaces. Help your library stand out within the crowded landscape of information providers with Marshall Breeding's new, highly practical guide to interactive next-generation library catalogs. Learn how to give your users access to a wide selection of print and electronic content with this jargon-free, step-by-step guide. Breeding outlines the important functions and features of next-gen catalogs, briefs you on all of the available commercial and open source software, and helps you select which products are right for your library's next-gen catalog. You'll learn to lay the groundwork for practical implementation, integrate the catalog into your existing technological environment, address a multitude of common implementation issues and concerns, and assess the impact of your Catalog so you can demonstrate the change you led. There is a thorough glossary with definitions for all key terms, and as with all the "Tech Set" guides, material is presented in a manner that is both accessible to non-technical professionals and useful for systems librarians.

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9781856047210: Next-gen Library Catalogs: No. 1 (The Tech Set)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  1856047210 ISBN 13:  9781856047210
Editorial: Facet Publishing, 2010
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