Mansuri, Imran; Patel, Swapnil; Vaghela, Divyakant(INFLIBNET Centre, February 3, 2012)
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Abstract:
Since the early days of catalogues, the structure and interface of library tools used for accessing
the resources are changing rapidly and dramatically to fulfil the changing user needs. In recent
years, the behaviour of library users has been undergoing drastic changes due to increasingly use
of web search engines and ICT based services. This paper describes the expectations of such users
who are looking for information. It presents an optimized approach that enables academic libraries
to provide its patrons with an up-to-date user experience while capitalizing on the unique advantages
offered by libraries. Ways of integrating the new solution with the current library environment
including features and functionalities of next generation catalogues are discussed