Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Domain Analytic, and Domain Analytic-Like, Studies of Catalog Needs: Addressing the Ethical Dilemma of Catalog Codes Developed with Inadequate Knowledge of User Needs. |
| Authors: |
McCourry, Maurine W.1 mmccourry@hillsdale.edu |
| Source: |
Knowledge Organization. 2015, Vol. 42 Issue 5, p339-345. 7p. 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: |
Library catalog management, Library catalogs, Library science research, Catalogs, Cataloging |
| Abstract: |
Although cataloging in libraries has been done for decades with the oft-stated intention of serving user needs, there is little evidence that those needs have been empirically assessed. This paper proposes a domain analytic model for systematically making such assessments, and for altering existing cataloging practice to meet the assessed needs. The author's dissertation research into the catalog needs of a single, narrowly-defined domain is used as an example of the type of study that may be repeated with an infinite number of domains, thereby providing a type of data regarding catalog needs not previously available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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