Iraqi Union Catalogue: Building and Development Strategy

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discuss the factors and conditions that led to the construction of the Iraqi Union Catalogue, to be an electronic portal that collects the collections and catalogues of the different types of Iraqi libraries, through which the users can access a large number of library catalogs included in the catalogue database. The study also discusses the stages of building the catalogue and future plans to develop it from a scientific perspective that responds to the aspirations of the Iraqi scientific and academic circles.