未来的联机目录将为几种功能服务:它将是一个馆藏以外的信息联机系统,将作为获得采些信息的电子手段,并含有各种款目。例如,文章的文摘以及编目记录。本文讨论的是实现未来目录所必需的步骤。作者叙述了在规划中,图书馆员,特别是编目员须避免混乱的四个方面。作为信息管理员、编目员能向研究人员提供所需要的“超级组织”来处理未来联机目录中将会出现的各种记录及多余的数据。 The future online catalog will serve several functions: it will be an online information system other than a collection, which will serve as an electronic means of obtaining the information and contain a variety of titles. For example, abstracts of articles and cataloging records. This article discusses the steps necessary to implement future directories. The author describes the four aspects that librarians, particularly catalogers, must avoid in confusion in planning. As an information manager, catalogers can provide researchers with the “superorganizations” they need to handle the kinds of records and extraneous data that will appear in future online catalogs.