The old and local stocks of the libraries in Lower Normandy : a union catalogue on CD-Rom

This article describes the process of cooperation between professionals developed in Lower Normandy with the support of the local institutions for the making up of a union catalogue meant to list the regional collections of documentation and patrimony kept in the public libraries. The Centre régional des lettres, an associative regional organism, is in charge of it. After the quotation of the context, the different stages in the realization of the catalogue are mentioned : inventory, feasability, partnership, methods of working, acquisition of equipment and recruitment of staff. The rationalization induced by a collective and computerized management of the catalogue and its distribution on CD-Rom constitute a solution adapted to the needs of professionals and users in the libraries.
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