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Emphasizing the advantages of working together and exploring the future of library services in an online, socially connected world, this exciting book shows how all public library professionals can take advantage of our strongest community and information tool--the library catalogue.

This book is a guide to the library catalogue that all public library professionals will find enlightening and useful. Its technical services perspective provides a different point of view as compared to traditional public library literature, which is often written by frontline professionals. For example, it poses and examines this thought-provoking question: should library catalogues be considered the primary gateway to the library's information, rather than the library website?

Author and collection access librarian Laurel Tarulli examines next-generation or "social" catalogues, discussing the theories and concepts behind them, their impact on core library services, and their potential in shaping future libraries and library services. Geared toward frontline and backroom staff, this book helps readers understand next-generation catalogues and see the collaborative opportunities that are possible between the frontline and backroom. Written to be much more than a "one-time" read, this resource book provides practical ideas for beneficial collaboration and implementation of social features in library catalogues.

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Authored by the collection-access librarian at Halifax Public Libraries and author of the blog The Cataloguing Librarian, this work is organized into seven chapters, beginning with a discussion of the library catalog as a social space, followed by an exploration of Next Generation catalogs. Controversies and concerns surrounding these catalogs are next addressed, followed by readers' services and the catalog, and the impact of social catalogs on traditional library services. Tarulli then discusses social features that can be attained without social catalogs, and she ends with a chapter on future directions of the library catalog. A bibliography and an index add to the scholarly value of this work. With the growing use of Web 2.0 by library patrons, integrating this technology into the catalog is the best way to reach patrons, and Tarulli helps both novice and seasoned librarians to achieve success in any library setting.--Marcus, Sara Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Laurel Tarulli is collection access librarian at Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia, Canada; a consultant for NoveList ; and recipient of ALA's Esther J. Piercy Award.