Catalogue Structure of Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce Web Sites

Abstract

The study examines the important role that Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals can play in the world of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce web sites, specifically via the application of the principles of cataloguing to the design of e-catalogues. The study explores how the 15 Dublin Core Metadata Elements and the 7 International Standard for Bibliographic Description (ISBD) elements can be used to design...