Introduction

Introduction to the issue gathering together a selection of papers based on presentations given at the International Conference "FSR2014 . Faster, Smarter, Richer. Reshaping the library catalogue", which was held in Rome on February 27-28, 2014 and was jointly organized by the Vatican Library, the Vatican School of Library Science, and the Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB). The history of the conference, its scopes, the organization of the sessions are outlined and some conclusions are drawn.