Library Catalogs: The Wrong Solution.

Presents the opinion of the author that most integrated library systems, as they are configured and used in 2003, should be removed from public view. Important role of the integrated library system as a key piece of infrastructure of a library; Comment that the central problem of library catalog systems is that they include only information about the books and journals held by a particular library; Failure of catalogs to allow patrons to discover all the books that are available to them; Recommendations for an information system that helps users find all different kinds of resources.