Online Cataloguing in Library Science

The Internet is a powerful tool bringing a range of cataloguing tools and resources at the librarian’s fingertips. By clicking the mouse, the librarian can consult the various tools needed to provide adequate bibliographic description, such as, online public access catalogs (OPACS), bibliographic utilities and databases or the Internet to search names of authors and places. This is a far cry from original cataloguing a few years back. Cataluiging activities involved so much legwork checking and verifying entries in existing card catalogues, or leafing through heavy volumes of the National Union Catalogue (NUC), checking dictiona-ries, gazetteers and a host of reference materials. Cataloguing tools available in the Internet is limitless. Knowledge and use of these tools can save precious time and money for libraries. This book presents all the information related to online cataloguing in library science.