‘It’s not about the catalogue, it’s about the data’ Catalogue 2.0: The future of the library catalogue

Published in 2013, Catalogue 2.0: The Future of the Library Catalogue, set out to provide an overview of the current state of the art of the library catalogue and to look to the future, to see what it may become. This paper reviews the key technologies and data solutions that were put forward in Catalogue 2.0, exploring the new developments and current state-of-the art since its publication. Finally, exploring the potential that library catalogues and collections have for digital scholarship, with a view to providing both a user-centred vision and practical solutions as to how digital access to library catalogues and collections can be modernised.

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