What Users and Librarians Want

OCLC has released their latest research report, “Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want”. The report presents findings about the data quality expectations of catalog end users and librarians.

Visit http://www.oclc.org/reports/onlinecatalogs/default.htm to view the report.

The 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