Publications and Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
This paper traces the historical development of library catalogs from primitive catalogs in ancient times to current next generational catalogs, which are summarized into three stages: the agricultural catalog stage, the industrial catalog stage and the information catalog stage. In particular, this paper focuses on the discussion of the rise of users’ expectations on library catalogs at different stages and gives emphasis to what impact they have created accordingly.
Comments
This work was originally published in the International Journal of Librarianship, available at doi: https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2018.vol3.1.69