書目供應中心

由於資訊與科技的快速成長，圖書館間必需透過合作編目的方式，才能以兼具精確詳實與成本效益的方式來做好編目工作，進而提供讀者一種完整性的書目檢索。書目供應中心的興起與書目網路的發展，不但改變了美國圖書館在各項業務上的運作，同時對於合作編目也有著深遠的影響。本文乃對此加以探討，首先研析合作編目的基本理念與功能，進而探討書目供應中心與書目網路對於美國圖書館進行合作編目所產生的影響與值得注意的問題，最後並提供解決問題的可行方法。

Owing to the increased amount of information and the rapid development of technologies, libraries need to work together to catalog precisely and cost-effectively. Cooperative cataloging is the only way that can be used to achieve it. Nowadays, bibliographic utilities and networks have deeply influenced the operations of libraries in the United States, and the methods of cooperative cataloging as well. In the very beginning, this article studies the basic concepts and functions of cooperative cataloging, then presents the effects and problems that bibliographic utilities and networks have caused. At the end of this article, some active solutions are offered to solve these problems.