Resistance to online catalogs: a comparative study at Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges

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dc.contributor.authorHixson, Carol G.
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, Susan G.
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Howard D.
dc.date.accessioned2004-06-22T16:35:11Z
dc.date.available2004-06-22T16:35:11Z
dc.date.issued1986-10
dc.description.abstractSurveys of student and faculty attitudes toward proposed online public access catalogs were conducted in 1984 with largely identical questionnaires at two colleges. Support for the traditional card catalog was strong among both students and faculty at both colleges; only Swarthmore faculty gave majority support to the online catalog. A minority of perhaps one in six may never use the new technology. Resistance to change was proportionately highest in the humanities and lowest in the sciences, with social sciences in between. Respondents were unused to waiting for access to the card catalog and seemed unlikely to tolerate more than brief waits for the online catalog. While unconcerned about keeping online searches private, they did not like the idea of searching as others waited. Perceptions of the online catalog were sometimes positive; many welcomed the idea of terminals in faculty offices and student dormitories. Differences between the two colleges, while not great, may result from Swarthmore's greater experience with campuswide computing.en
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dc.identifier.citationLibrary Resources & Technical Services v.30 (October 1986) p. 388-401en
dc.identifier.issn0024-2527
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/176
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Library Associationen
dc.subjectUse studies -- Online catalogsen
dc.subjectOnline catalogs -- Pennsylvaniaen
dc.subjectAcademic libraries -- Automationen
dc.subjectMariam Coffin Canaday Library (Bryn Mawr College)en
dc.subjectMcCabe Libraryen
dc.subjectBryn Mawr College Libraries
dc.subjectSwarthmore College Libraries
dc.subjectOnline library catalogs -- Surveys
dc.subjectLibrary catalogs -- Surveys
dc.titleResistance to online catalogs: a comparative study at Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Collegesen
dc.typeArticleen

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