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Catalog Use in a Large Research Library
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Lipetz, Ben-Ami – Library Quarterly, 1972
The questions of when and how best to computerize the catalog of a large research library, and how to improve an existing conventional catalog, motivated a study of the utilization of the main catalog of the Yale University Library. The study was designed to provide a representative sample of catalog use. (7 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Catalogs, College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Library Automation
User Requirements in Identifying Desired Works in a Large Library. Final Report.
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Lipetz, Ben-Ami – 1970
Utilization of the card catalog in the main library (Sterling Memorial Library) of Yale University was studied over a period of more than a year. Traffic flow in the catalog was observed, and was used as the basis for scheduling interviews with a representative sample of catalog users at the moment of catalog use. More than 2000 interviews were…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Automation, Cataloging, College Libraries