Faceted Knowledge Organization Approach in Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) for Searching and Navigation: A Case Study
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2022-11
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
In addition to the traditional library information retrieval (IR) practices, the modern library has
implemented federated search, web discovery, next-generation cataloguing, and other new tools for
effective organization and discovery. Facet navigation (facet search, facet navigation, or guided
navigation) is applied to many e-commerce sites and dominates the interface paradigm features.
The faceted approach to knowledge organization in search and navigation functions of online
catalogues helps users find their necessary information effectively and most conveniently. The
application of faceted searching and navigation in library OPAC is discussed in this paper. This
study aims to present an overview of OPAC's faceted techniques, which play a crucial role in
information retrieval. This paper investigates the system or software used to develop the online
catalogue and its status in terms of the faceted knowledge organization approach by the top
engineering college libraries in Odisha ranked by NIRF. Identifying nine OPACs for this study found
that ninety percent of the OPACs are faceted, and fifty percent of the library prefers Koha ILS. This
paper also studied OPAC facet sequence and facet type and discussed how the facet theory is still
applied to the OPAC.
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13th International CALIBER-2022, BHU, Varanasi, UP, 17-19 November 2022
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Faceted Knowledge Organization Approach, Online Public Access Catalogue, OPAC, Navigation