The article applies the criteria used in communication analysis to the ‘catalogue communication’, namely to the conscious or unconscious information exchange between the catalogue and the user realized during the whole research activity. The triad sender-message-receiver can be pinpointed in libraries/librarians-search systems-users. Inspired by Paul Watzlawick’s theories, five axioms of catalogue communication are introduced: 1) a search system cannot ‘not’ communicate, even in case of a 0 results query; 2) in addition to search results, search systems establish a meta-communication with users; 3) the communication between catalogue and user is articulated by the punctuation, that is the sequence of actions performed by the user (search, n...
A library management system is the hub of all library activities, from cataloging, to acquisitions, ...
The paper presents a literary review of several pending issues that show the necessity of an innovat...
The 21 September 1999 marked the launch of WebVoyager, the HTTP interface for access to Voyager, the...
L’articolo cerca di applicare i criteri usati nell’analisi della comunicazione alla ‘comunicazione c...
The paper presents results of a research about user-catalogue interactions developed at the library ...
The paper revolves around the key issues of ‘multiplicity’ and ‘exchange’. Multiple are the training...
The paper presents a literary review of several pending issues that show the necessity of an innovat...
The absence of shared authority files for cataloging manuscripts reflects an intrinsic complexity: a...
The mediation between bibliographic universe and user is a problem of communication. Catalographic i...
Today, libraries are facing major changes in the so-called information society, as well as in their ...
The paper describes the information seeking process and subject access to library's documents focusi...
La terminologia della catalogazione soffre da parecchi anni di cambiamenti (soprattutto l’eliminazio...
RIASSUNTO Questo articolo trae spunto da una ricerca bibliografica condotta nel catalogo unico dell’...
Accuracy in management and presentation of data is probably the most relevant feature that character...
Being a portal onto the majority of library services, the catalogue is an indispensable tool for the...
A library management system is the hub of all library activities, from cataloging, to acquisitions, ...
The paper presents a literary review of several pending issues that show the necessity of an innovat...
The 21 September 1999 marked the launch of WebVoyager, the HTTP interface for access to Voyager, the...
L’articolo cerca di applicare i criteri usati nell’analisi della comunicazione alla ‘comunicazione c...
The paper presents results of a research about user-catalogue interactions developed at the library ...
The paper revolves around the key issues of ‘multiplicity’ and ‘exchange’. Multiple are the training...
The paper presents a literary review of several pending issues that show the necessity of an innovat...
The absence of shared authority files for cataloging manuscripts reflects an intrinsic complexity: a...
The mediation between bibliographic universe and user is a problem of communication. Catalographic i...
Today, libraries are facing major changes in the so-called information society, as well as in their ...
The paper describes the information seeking process and subject access to library's documents focusi...
La terminologia della catalogazione soffre da parecchi anni di cambiamenti (soprattutto l’eliminazio...
RIASSUNTO Questo articolo trae spunto da una ricerca bibliografica condotta nel catalogo unico dell’...
Accuracy in management and presentation of data is probably the most relevant feature that character...
Being a portal onto the majority of library services, the catalogue is an indispensable tool for the...
A library management system is the hub of all library activities, from cataloging, to acquisitions, ...
The paper presents a literary review of several pending issues that show the necessity of an innovat...
The 21 September 1999 marked the launch of WebVoyager, the HTTP interface for access to Voyager, the...