IMPACT OF INTERNET-ENABLED POTENTIALITY ON CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES PROCESS IN THE 2 1 S T CENTURY IN PERSPECTIVES
IMPACT OF INTERNET-ENABLED POTENTIALITY ON CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES PROCESS IN THE 2 1 S T CENTURY IN PERSPECTIVES
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2008
Authors
Udoudoh, Samuel J.
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FORUM
Abstract
The study-examined the impact of internet-enabled potentiality on cataloguing
and classification schemes process in the 21s' century information age, a
departure from the conventional tradition of cataloguing and classification
routines and practices. The paper noted however, that the ever increasing
demand/ search for easy assess by users to library materials and information
resources (books and non-books, books, journals, magazines, newspapers
reference materials, etc and tapes, videos CD-ROM, discs, etc). The impact of
ICTs gadgets, internet has eased cataloguing and classification routines
workload in one hand and improve their performance much more than before.
They can cover much ground now. The study observed that there is significant
alternative to the function of cataloguers. The study revealed also that the
internet has widen the dissemination of library holdings globally, users can
assess vast array of resources today than yesterday in the shortest time. The
article also examined different approaches to utilize various online catalogues
namely: the World Cat, the Library of Congress Online Catalogue, the National
Library of Medicine Catalogue, the National Agricultural Library Online
Catalogue,' the University of Adelaide Law Library Online Catalogue and the
University of Lagos Library Online Catalogue have also recorded success/
breakthrough in the use of internet-enabled Cataloguing. These have eased the
cataloguing processes as well as made remarkable benefits to bibliographers
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IMPACT, INTERNET-ENABLED,, POTENTIALITY,, CATALOGUING,, CLASSIFICATION,, SCHEMES,, PROCESS,, CENTURY,, PERSPECTIVES,