New developments at Copac: access to the merged online catalogues of major UK and Irish academic libraries

Abstract

Purpose

This paper's aim is to describe recent developments at Copac – the service that gives access to the merged catalogues of many online catalogues of major university, specialist and national libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is a descriptive account.

Findings

The paper identifies and describes some major improvements that are being made to Copac.

Originality/value

The paper is a valuable update on the service provided by Copac.

Citation

Jeskins, L. and Cousins, S. (2011), "New developments at Copac: access to the merged online catalogues of major UK and Irish academic libraries", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 200-202. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641611111187622