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The Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate is pleased to announce
the following Webcast now available for viewing at:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/bates.html

"Improving User Access to Library Catalog and Portal Information"
Presented by Dr. Marcia J. Bates, University of California, Los
Angeles,  Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Sponsored by the Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate, Library
Services Presented December 12, 2003

In this lecture, Dr. Bates summarizes the research she recently
conducted in her role as a Principal Investigator for the Library of
Congress Action Plan on Bibliographic Control of Web Resources. Her
investigations focused on three particular topics: User access
vocabulary, Links among bibliographic families, and Staging of access to
resources in the interface. From each of these perspectives, she shared
her recommendations on how to achieve enhanced access to and display of
records for selected Web resources across multiple systems. The lecture
included a Q&A period to enable audience participation in the event.