Bibliotek.dk: opening the Danish union catalogue to the public

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the development of bibliotek.dk (library.dk) – how to open a union catalogue to the public.

Design/methodology/approach

bibliotek.dk – the end‐user web interface to the public union catalogue is described and challenges in these features are examined: the user interface, end‐user loan requests, cooperation with Google, library 2.0 characteristics etc. Usage statistics are presented.

Findings

It was found that it is possible to make requesting library material (almost) as easy and fast as searching Google.

Originality/value

The paper will be of interest to librarians working with opening their services to the public.

Citation

Larsen, K. (2007), "Bibliotek.dk: opening the Danish union catalogue to the public", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 35 No. 4, pp. 205-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610710837509