I found the lesson about Online Public Access Cataloguing systems to be quite interesting as I never considered how important it is to the daily functions of the school library. Without a functional OPAC, there would be a number of problems.
Firstly, library users would have to search for resources by hand on the shelves. This would be a time consuming task which may discourage library users from coming to the library in the first place.
Secondly, the teacher-librarian would not be able to perform numerous aspects of his/her job as efficiently. For instance the tracking of resources, shelving as well as sign-in and sign-out of resources.
These are the main issues which caught my attention when completing lesson eleven. A more detailed reflection on the role of my school's OPAC is to follow.
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