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Methodological Approach to Assess the Library Catalogues


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1 Indian Maritime University (A Central University), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India
 

The study focused on assessing the quality of catalogue records of university libraries in Karnataka available through their Web OPACs. The study assessed the various parameters of cataloguing records which determines the quality of the records. This study explains the methodology adopted for this research work in detail. The methodology gives describes the design of the study and procedures, the universities and sample records, instruments, methods of data collection, and treatment of data. The researcher identified nine of the existing 44 universities of Karnataka for the collection of data for the study. Only nine universities provided access to their catalogue records via the internet-based OPACs and hence, they have been selected.

Keywords

Web OPAC, Catalogue, Metadata, Cataloguing Quality, Cataloguing Procedures, MARC 21, Metadata Quality, Library Automation, KOHA, University Libraries.
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Authors

Chandrappa
Indian Maritime University (A Central University), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
N. S. Harinarayana
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India
B. Pradeep Kumara
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The study focused on assessing the quality of catalogue records of university libraries in Karnataka available through their Web OPACs. The study assessed the various parameters of cataloguing records which determines the quality of the records. This study explains the methodology adopted for this research work in detail. The methodology gives describes the design of the study and procedures, the universities and sample records, instruments, methods of data collection, and treatment of data. The researcher identified nine of the existing 44 universities of Karnataka for the collection of data for the study. Only nine universities provided access to their catalogue records via the internet-based OPACs and hence, they have been selected.

Keywords


Web OPAC, Catalogue, Metadata, Cataloguing Quality, Cataloguing Procedures, MARC 21, Metadata Quality, Library Automation, KOHA, University Libraries.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32344/jld%2Fv7%2Fi1%2F2021%2F37-56