Amazon.com description: Product Description: New digital technologies, the Internet, and user expectations have changed the role of the catalogue in libraries considerably in recent years. This timely book takes into account developments that influence catalogue potential and patrons needs, such as competition from popular Web sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia. Here, key leaders in the field like Karen Calhoun, past OCLC Vice-President, and Marshall Breeding, author of Cloud Computing for Libraries, explore concepts like:

• What do your users want? Designing the catalogue for the end user
• Making search work for the library user search
• Beyond the catalogue: expanding the scope of search
• From catalogue to digital library: rethinking metadata management in the web age
• The mobile library catalogue

Librarians and information professionals will find practical guidance on customizing their catalogues to keep them up to date with the latest trends in technology in this authoritative manual.