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Abstract:	The paper discusses (a) the ethical dimensions of creating catalogue records to reflect user convenience, (b) the relationship between culture and user convenience, and (c) how social discovery tools can facilitate the creation of interactive and flexible catalogue records that reflect the culture(s) and needs of their library communities.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14299

Abstract:	This paper uses transaction log data to examine how library users interact with two social discovery systems used in two Canadian public library systems. Results indicate that user-generated content is not used extensively or significantly in the two social discovery systems. Format is the predominant facet used to refine searches; the remaining facets are significantly underrepresented.
Description:	http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2011/16_Spiteri_and_Taruli.pdf
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14298