Importance: 6.42/7
Performance: 5.21/7
Gap:
1.21
“The catalogue search engine is really poor and could use an upgrade. The whole catalogue site is very tired and desperately needs a facelift, it can also be confusing to navigate.”
“Catalogue is not consistent. Edition information sometimes missing. Multiple copies occasionally listed separately. Same author has two different listings in the list of authors."
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- We are including additional information in the catalogue
Many catalogue records now include, or link to, the table of contents of books or an abstract. These provide additional keywords for searching, as well as giving you a better idea of the book’s coverage. You can see further information about a book by viewing the Detailed Record in the catalogue. This also displays a hot link to other books on the same subject or by the same author.
- We are improving the accuracy of the catalogue information
We have put in a place a procedure to regularly check for and replace missing books, and to keep information in the catalogue up to date by deleting books which have been missing for an extended period. We are working on improving the quality of the catalogue records by regularly running error detection programs, and replacing basic records with full information. We also run a program every month to check that the URL links in the catalogue are working properly, and correct any errors detected. Over the past two years we have consistently found that over 98% of all links are working properly.
"The Library is committed to improving the accuracy of information in the library catalogue, and we are continually looking at ways we can improve the look and feel of the catalogue."
Suzanne Clarke
Director, Information Resources |
