How to use a library catalogue: the example of the BUOC |
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The introduction of IT in library management, especially during the last two decades, and the new telecommunications networks have allowed libraries to offer users the possibility of consulting their catalogues remotely. Generically, libraries' computerised catalogues are known by the name of OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). |
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More recently, the evolution represented by what has been called the web 2.0 has allowed the online catalogues of libraries to cease to be exclusively bibliographical databases and evolve towards what is called the social catalogue (we'll see this exemplified in the UOC Library: catalogue) to enrich the information of the register provided and equip users with tools that enable them to share the Library, its services and its contents, and even, in some cases, genuine full-text databases, where the user can not only identify whether a document is part of the library's collection, but can also access it and consult all or part of its content on their computer screen. |
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