A Union Catalog for ETD's

Abstract

Two years ago the NDLTD steering Committee requested that VTLS Inc. build a union catalog for NDLTD. Such a catalog has now been built and can be accessed at www.vtls.com/NDLTD. This presentation will discuss the nature of the NDLTD Union Catalog for ETDs and why it was important to build such a catalog. The present status of this multilingual union catalog will be discussed followed by a brief demonstration of the system. The presentation will finish with a discussion on how the union catalog is kept updated and how your library can participate in this project. Suggestions for improving the union catalog and increasing its usage will be discussed with the audience.