...S.M. Rafid Ul Amin; Raiyan Bin Reza; Md. Rifat Mahmud Purpose This paper aims to explore the potential of artificial intelligence ( AI )-powered chatbots to enhance the resource discovery systems by addressing the limitations of online public access catalogs (OPACs). It examines how AI chatbots...

... or external sources replacing a library’s OPAC. Originality/value This discovery system is an important add-on to designing a one-stop access in place of the existing retrieval silos in libraries. This system is capable of indexing a variety of content within and beyond library collections. This work may...

... between CMARC/MARC 21 and FRBR, and designing a new generation Chinese FRBR Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) user interface. Findings – The pilot system implementation demonstrates a workable process with useful output using both automated means (through a Perl module) and manual means (through...

...Shiv Kumar Purpose The paper seeks to evaluate the effect of web searching on online public access catalogue (OPAC) users in the university libraries in India. It is a comparative study of the three universities in the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Punjab State. Design/methodology/approach...