Open AccessToward a Twenty-First Century Catalog
Author(s) -
Kristin Antelman,
Emily Lynema,
Andrew K. Pace
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
information technology and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5226
pISSN - 0730-9295
DOI - 10.6017/ital.v25i3.3342
Subject(s) - metadata , computer science , leverage (statistics) , world wide web , library catalog , cataloging , relevance (law) , library automation , information retrieval , architecture , library science , history , archaeology , machine learning , political science , law
Library catalogs have represented stagnant technology for close to twenty years. Moving toward a next-generation catalog, North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries purchased Endeca’s Information Access Platform to give its users relevance-ranked keyword search results and to leverage the rich metadata trapped in the MARC record to enhance collection browsing. This paper discusses the new functionality that has been enabled, the implementation process and system architecture, assessment of the new catalog’s performance, and future directions