Does convenience trump accuracy? The avatars of the UDC in Romania

摘要: This paper concentrates on some major issues regarding the potential of UDC and current controversy about its use in Romania: i) importance hierarchical structures controlled vocabularies with a direct impact improved information retrieval given by browsing function which enables visualizing hierarchies subject areas rather than just locating particular topic; ii) lack popularity as an indexing language among users be they librarians or end library OPACs; iii) situation teachers teaching Romanian universities. With advent online catalogues late 70's services offered libraries were diversified thoroughly. The change from printed catalogue card to digital delivery was incremental, particularly for pioneering libraries. Unlike these, whose response challenges new technology came later more difficulties needed quantum jumps get updated, basically taking advantage experience others.