Talking about the catalog

Given the growing discussion about the catalog, I was interested to look back over various entries here in the last while. Here is an incomplete list:
Some general discussions:

• Lifting out the catalog discovery experience
• Thinking about the catalog
• The Owl of Minerva

The catalog and the integrated library system:

• The integrated library system that isn’t
• A palindromic service layer
• New model library system vendors

A user view:

• The network and the sun
• Who is the catalog for?
• How good is the catalog?

The catalog and the long tail: a structural perspective:

• Systemwide activities and the long tail
• Systemwide discovery and delivery
• Libraries Australia
• Libraries, logistics and the long tail

The catalog within a wider library information environment:

• The user interface that isn’t
• The library website again
• Discover, locate .. vertical and horizontal integration

Making data work harder:

• Making data work – catalogs and Web 2.0
• Some FRBR presentations
• A decimal browse
• Making data work harder
• Circulating intentional data
• Making data work hard – intentionally

UI and features:

• The simple search box and the rich texture of suggestion
• A catalog or two (cats and splats)
• A service-able catalog
• Find nearby
• Search, share and subscribe
• Rank, recommend and relate