WestPac Conference

The Future of the Catalog

Peter Jacsoprofessor

University of HawaiiDept. of Information & Computer Sciences

October 13th, 2007 Honolulu

http://www.jacso.info/conferences/westpac.ppt

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The Way we areThe way we should be

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Current State of OPACS

Mostly as they were 10 years ago.

Old functions in somewhat new dress:At exhibits they look like Drag Queen parades

Wigs, high heels and fake eyelashes.

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I told you 10 years ago

http://www.jacso.info/PDFs/jacso-bezos.pdf

Bossy OPAC

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No luck in spite of correct syntax

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Trying an alternative with Frederick; 0

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Still 0 but clickable info

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There we are, or are we?

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Finally there - but no clicking

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Now try the BOSS, at Oklahoma

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Not perfect, but friendly

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Before the BOSS at OK, barely O.K.

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Browsing – we are still in Kansas

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What a difference

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Modest freebies

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Teen pleaser faceting

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Informative start

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Good hints

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Practical key phrases + SIB

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Editorial reviews

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Good clues

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Relative ranking within category

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Life Beyond LCSH at al

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With extra goodies

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Even with cited references

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And citing references

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Which one to buy

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Of course the G - search

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Pretty good now

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With free goodies

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And more

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Free WorldCAT – OCLC lets her hair down

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Certain features only for subscribers – sorting by holding

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Holding data needs aggregation

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http://www.jacso.info/PDFs/jacso-bezos.pdf