A new Chronicle article on trends in library catalog software has touched off an online reader debate about who’s to blame for patrons’ search frustrations and how to fix the situation. The article ...

Once you have accessed a particular resource, you must its specific search and display commands. Searching instructions are available in ring binders next to library gateway workstations. Each ...

A woman using the card catalog at the main reading room of the Library of Congress, circa 1940. Photo: Library of Congress OCLC printed its last library catalog cards on October 1, 2015, ending an era ...

The School Department may have saved $100,000 by going in-house to replace an obsolete library catalog system, officials say. Like much of the district's technology, the computer-based catalog used at ...

Vernon Area Public Library District has received a $62,000 grant from the Reaching Across Illinois Library System to support a major upgrade that will make borrowing faster, easier and more convenient ...