Źródła informacji o zbiorach Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Abstract

Library catalogues are the main source for getting information on the collection of the library. They have accompanied books in various forms from the very beginning. In the article, there is presented the history of the University of Silesia Library catalogues from the very beginning till the present times. There are described their types and ways of creating starting from clamp catalogues through paper ones and finishing on the OPAC catalogue. There is presented the process of computer cataloguing and the factors affecting the structure of computer base of the University of Silesia Libraries network.