Libraries as institutions have an essential role in the intellectual empowerment of the community.
Aside as a building for storing book collections, libraries also provide librarians who provide services
and process library materials to be easily found by visitors. In the past, information needs were
fulfilled by simply reading the artifacts in which knowledge was contained. However, with the
increasingly modern era, the way to presentthis information as quickly and efficiently as possiblehas
become a challenge. In the field of library science, there is a term ‘library automation’ which means the
computerization process both on the hardware side and the software side. The influence of the
development of information technology on libraries makes it easier for libraries to provide services
and users to access information [1].
Libraries in the digital era have transformed into a comprehensive information service supported by
technological developments. The application of technology in libraries begins with the transfer of
manual processes to an automation process known as library automation. The use of automation
applications in Indonesia is dominated by Inlistline and Slims. Both applications have been able to
solve routine activity problems in the library (house-keeping library).
When the library user comes to the library and uses the search facility on the computer provided,
the user may type in inaccurate keywords that are too narrow or even too broad. If so, the system
should offer another way to determine what keywords (variations) should be. In the context of an
information retrieval system, users simply type in the desired keywords. However, such a process
considered to not provide a two-way system since the information appears because it is triggered by keywords [2]. In the concept of the information retrieval process, Information retrieval (IR) is about the collection, representation, storage, organization, accessing, manipulation, and display, of the information items necessary to satisfy a searcher’s information needs [3].
The explanation above expands the library study area to the realm of information science by focusing on the study of information stored in databases. The library’s OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) database certainly has an extensive record consisting of various metadata according to the 9 ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description) fields. Therefore, there are many potentials that can be processed to make it easier for users to find new information that settles in the system. Indexing is one of the tools used to give additional value to the dissemination and retrieval of information [4]. The application of indexing in library automation will undoubtedly provide a new perspective on the concept of library automation. Library automation that previously only led to searching will lead to discovering. The final result of indexing is to fulfill the needs of users in the searching system that does not rely only on keywords but also on the variety of choices provided by the system through a series of discovery and dissemination processes [5].
This study contributes to the library’s online catalog in order to provide an index for its users. If there is no index that can help users, the information search process is limited to true and false in the database. If the index is available, then the discovery process will very likely be carried out for more advanced stages.
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