Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want

As posted to the AUTOCAT list:

The research report, "Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want",
is now available for order and download. Authored by an OCLC research
team headed by Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata
Services, the report presents findings about the data quality
expectations of catalog end users and librarians.

Please visit http://www.oclc.org/reports/onlinecatalogs/default.htm to
order the report, download a copy and to learn more.

The Online Catalogs report offers:
* Insight for readers seeking to define requirements for improved
catalog data
* Information about the metadata elements that are most important
to end users in determining if an item will meet his or her needs
* Support for the enhancements end users and librarians would like
to see made in online library catalogs
* Insight into the end user's discovery experience
* Findings for readers in areas associated with contributing,
synchronizing or linking data from multiple sources in library catalogs
and integrated library systems