Bibliographic Babel: Surrogation as Communication, or Obfuscation?

Authors

  • Lynne C. Howarth University of Toronto
  • Joseph P. Cox University of Toronto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cais37

Abstract

This paper describes ongoing research on the content and display of bibliographic records in online public access catalogues (OPACs) accessible via the Internet. A total of ten surrogate records for monographs derived from twelve academic libraries in Canada were compared and evaluated. Using checklist methodology and a previously validated scoring mechanism. . .

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Published

2013-10-19

How to Cite

Howarth, L. C., & Cox, J. P. (2013). Bibliographic Babel: Surrogation as Communication, or Obfuscation?. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS Actes Du congrès Annuel De l’ACSI. https://doi.org/10.29173/cais37

Issue

1997

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Articles