Indian Statistical Institute

Documentation Research and Training Centre

8^th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post

Bangalore-560059

Seminar

On

Next Generation Catalogues: User expectations

Since the days of Cutter, tools to access the resources of libraries are changing their structure and interface rapidly and dramatically to fulfill the dynamic user needs. Today almost every library user comes with expectations set and defined by their experience of using the Web. So the catalogues, which are offered by the libraries, need to operate at the same level of sophistication as other popular Web destinations. In the past decade people's expectations regarding search and e-access to information have dramatically changed. The proliferation of desktop computers, the increasing amounts of "born digital" content, and the advent of the Internet have all contributed to this. People expect to enter one or two words (or maybe a phrase) into a search box, click a button, get a ranked-list of relevant items returned, select an item from the results, and view/download the information. The process has to be quick, easy, and immediate. Even though people know that the information available from libraries is free and authoritative they often use libraries as a last resort because they see library systems are overwhelmingly associated with books, confusing, difficult to use, time consuming, complex and inconvenient.

The seminar will examine the present developments and explore the likely future developments in re-designing the OPAC to support resource discovery. 

Speaker:       Vinit Kumar

                    JRF

***All are cordially invited***

Venue:        DRTC Classroom                                   Professor and Head

Date:           14^th December, 2007                                      DRTC

Time:           2 p.m.