The Human Dimension of the Catalog: Concepts and Constraints in Information Seeking.

Estabrook, Leigh

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Publication Date: 1983

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The Human Dimension of the Catalog: Concepts and Constraints in Information Seeking.

Estabrook, Leigh

Library Resources and Technical Services, v27 n1 p68-75 Jan-Mar 1983

Looks at the social and psychological effects on users of the introduction of online catalogs in libraries, examines several major changes in public and professional use of the catalog that result from online systems, and examines some of the unintended social effects of each of these changes. Three references are listed. (EJS)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Seeking, Librarians, Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Man Machine Systems, Online Systems, Psychological Patterns, Social Environment

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