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.
Keywords
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
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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