Abstract
The Prospector project represents a unique union catalog. The origin, goals, and design of the union catalog that uses the INN-Reach system are presented. Challenges of the union catalog include the integration of records from libraries that do not use the Innovative Interfaces system and the development of best practices for participating libraries.
Highlights
The origin, goals, and design of the union catalog that uses the INN-Reach system arepresented
Regional union catalogs representing the cataloged collections of libraries that are related by geography, subject, or library type have been extant for many years
Leaders in the field spearheaded locally developed systems such as the University of California's MELVYL system and the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization's (ILCSO) ILLINET Online system, which became operational in 1980.2 The commercial integrated library system market began to emerge in the late 1980s and the 1990s with such vendors as Innovative Interfaces and its work with OhioLink through its INN-Reach union catalog product, and the CARL System.[3]
Summary
Planning and policy making are inherently political processes in which participants choose among goals and options in order to make decisions and to direct actions. The design features a brief description of the unified catalog, a list of members and information for patrons on how to connect, what's available on Prospector, how to use the self-service borrowing, and how to view their circulation record. The task force charged with designing the catalog examined these surveys and determined a priority order of the participating institutions for selecting bibliographic records. The Prospector member libraries with local Innovative Interfaces systems maintain a set of circulation or item status codes that display various messages to users of their individual public catalogs. Prospector member libraries have been asked to be as inclusive as possible in contributing bibliographic records to the union catalog. The Prospector union catalog will include bibliographic and circulation information from libraries that do not use Innovative Interfaces as their local system vendor
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