Abstract
Reports on an investigation to compare the various forms of
catalogue available in Liverpool City Libraries and Liverpool
John Moores University Library. The information was
gathered through interviews with 52 lecturers and students at
Liverpoo John Moores University. The interview questions
were concerned with the use of the library catalogues which
were available; the effects of the online public aceess catalogue
(OPAC) on searches; the effects of previous experience of an
OPAC: and catalogue preference. Reveals that nearly all the
library users interviewed had used the OPAC; that many of
them had changed the way in which they searched for
references; and that the majority preferred the OPAC and did
not continue to use the microfichc catalogue.
Subject
Library and Information Sciences