Methodological Approach to Assess the Library Catalogues

The study focused on assessing the quality of catalogue records of university libraries in Karnataka available through their Web OPACs. The study assessed the various parameters of cataloguing records which determines the quality of the records. This study explains the methodology adopted for this research work in detail. The methodology gives describes the design of the study and procedures, the universities and sample records, instruments, methods of data collection, and treatment of data. The researcher identified nine of the existing 44 universities of Karnataka for the collection of data for the study. Only nine universities provided access to their catalogue records via the internet-based OPACs and hence, they have been selected.