Professional paper
Retrospective conversion of library catalogues the experience of European libraries and the National and University Library in Zagreb
Dorica Blažević
; Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Over the last few decades, the majority of European national and university libraries started the procedure of retrospective conversion of the conventional sources of information on the older parts of their collections. The aim of the retrospective conversion is to improve the quality of library services by providing information on old publications through the web via library catalogues and group catalogues of cooperative systems, as well as to improve the speed and efficiency of work flow. The article presents several models of retrospective conversion in European libraries regarding the source and scope of the conversion, as well as the methods and organisation of the work. The article describes in more datail the work conducted on the projects of conversion in the National and University Library in Zagreb.
Keywords
retrospective conversion; card catalogue; online catalogue
Hrčak ID:
165674
URI
Publication date:
12.9.2006.
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