The online public access catalog, now frequently synonymous with library catalog, is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the
Example of online public access catalog
Screenshot of a Dynix menu. First introduced in 1983, Dynix was one of the first and most popular commercial library automation systems ever released, enjoying nearly twenty years of dominance in libraries worldwide.
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Online public access catalog
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OCLC headquarters in 2007
Company headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, 1981
OCLC offices in Leiden (the Netherlands)