Today's web-savvy users often bypass traditional library catalogues 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 catalogues. You can 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 catalogues, 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 catalogue. You'll learn to lay the groundwork for practical implementation, integrate the catalogues into your existing technological environment, address a multitude of common implementation issues and concerns, and assess the impact of your catalogues so you can demonstrate the change you led.
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'Easy to read. Easy to understand. Clear. Straightforward. 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 of Notre Dame
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978-1-85604-721-0 (9781856047210)
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Marshall Breeding is Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Libraries and Executive Director, Vanderbilt Television News Archive, USA.
