Chapter 4. The Tradition of Library Catalogs
Abstract
Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 52, no. 5), “Improving Web Visibility: Into the Hands of Readers”
The history of the catalog starts some 2,500 years ago. Chapter 4 looks at the development of rules and standards for cataloging. Automation begins in the 1970s, and with it, an increasing focus on internal processes and efficiency. The latest development is keyword searching, a step toward serving the reader.
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Wayne Wiegand quoted in Matthew Battles, Library: An Unquiet History (New York: W. W. Norton, 2003), 141.
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