Web-based OPACs: Between Tradition and Innovation.

Moscoso, Purificacion; Ortiz-Repiso, Virginia

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ERIC Number: EJ591619

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Web-based OPACs: Between Tradition and Innovation.

Moscoso, Purificacion; Ortiz-Repiso, Virginia

Information Technology and Libraries, v18 n2 p68-77 Jun 1999

Analyzes the change that Internet-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs) have represented to the structure, administration, and maintenance of the catalogs, retrieval systems, and user interfaces. Examines the structure of databases and traditional principles that have governed systems development. Discusses repercussions of the application of rules and formats that were developed for manual systems. Contains 37 references. (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Information Management, Information Retrieval, Internet, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Online Systems, Systems Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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