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1、PurdueUniversityPurduee-PubsCharlestonLibraryConferenceTheImportanceofBeingEarnestThinkingtheUnthinkable:ALibraryWithoutaPublicCatalogCoenWildersUtrechtUniversityLibrary,p.c.wilders@uu.nlFollowthisandadditionalworksat:http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/charlestonPartoftheLibraryandInformationScienceCommo
2、nsAnindexed,printcopyoftheProceedingsisalsoavailableforpurchaseat:http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston.Youmayalsobeinterestedinthenewseries,CharlestonInsightsinLibrary,Archival,andInformationSciences.Findoutmoreat:http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston-insights-library-archi
3、val-and-information-sciences.CoenWilders,"ThinkingtheUnthinkable:ALibraryWithoutaPublicCatalog"(2014).ProceedingsoftheCharlestonLibraryConference.http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284315584ThisdocumenthasbeenmadeavailablethroughPurduee-Pubs,aserviceofthePurdueUniversityLibraries.Pleasecontactepubs@pu
4、rdue.eduforadditionalinformation.SouthChinaNormalUniversity(202.116.41.69)-2016/1/26DownloadTHINKINGTHEUNTHINKABLE:ALIBRARYWITHOUTAPUBLICCATALOGUEDr.CoenWilders(p.c.wilders@uu.nl)SubjectLibrarianHistory,UtrechtUniversityLibraryABSTRACTTwoyearsagoUtrechtUniversityLibrary(UUL)intheNetherlandsdecide
5、dtofocusondeliveryinsteadofdiscovery.Basedoninternationalstudies,usersstatisticsandsurveysUULconcludedthatlibrarydiscoverytoolshavebecomelessrelevantbecauseusersfindtheirresearchandteachingmaterialincreasinglyoutsidetheframeworkofthelibrary.ThisconclusionhadmajorimplicationsforbothUULandherusers.
6、In2012UULdecidedtoshutdownthediscoverysystemOmega,custom-madeforfindingelectronicmaterialownedbyherlibrary,and–moreimportant-nottoimplementanotherlibrarydiscoveryservice.Afterninemonthsofpreparation,onSeptember1st,2013,Omegaclosed.RecentlyUULdecidedtocloseherownpubliclibrarycataloguetoo.Instead,s
7、headvisesheruserstofindtheirmaterialviaalternativegeneralorsubjectspecificdiscoverytools.Thispaperhopestoencouragelibrariestorethinkandevaluatetheireffortsondiscoveryanddelivery.Theprincipleideawhiledoingthisshouldbeth
