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- Title: Catalogue Use at the State Library of Victoria (Survey)
- Author : Australian Academic & Research Libraries
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 227 KB
Description
A recent survey of a particular group of scholars who use the National Library of Australia's collection showed that there were still catalogue users who appreciated and utilised the various elements of traditional bibliographic data. (1) This article asks whether a broader spectrum of users might likewise benefit from full, high-quality catalogue records. To this end, a representative sample of users of the catalogues at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) were surveyed through a more detailed questionnaire. The results are reported in this article. The general context of this research question--the value of library cataloguing--has been set out in an earlier article. (2) The specific catalogues at the SLV consist of the 'main catalogue', a catalogue of the Library's manuscripts, and a database of digital images. All catalogues are accessible on the SLV web site and have similar interfaces and functionality. There is no local interface, so remote and local users are presented with the identical catalogue. Most of the SLV collections are closed access, but most items may be requested by any SLV member for use within the Library; and just about everyone can join the Library.