ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Universal Short Title Catalogue

Okay kiddo, let me explain what is a universal short title catalogue in a way you can understand. Imagine you have a lot of books with different titles in your room, and you want to keep track of all of them. But you don't want to write down each title in a big long list, right? That would take forever and it would be hard to find what you're looking for.

Well, a universal short title catalogue is kind of like a list of all the different books in the world. It helps to keep track of all the books and make it easier to find them. Just like your list of books, the universal short title catalogue also has titles for each book. But instead of long titles that tell you everything about the book, it has short titles that are easy to remember.

This catalogue is used by people who work with books, like librarians and researchers. If they want to find a specific book, they can look it up in the catalogue and find the short title that represents it. This way they can easily find the book they need without having to search through a big, long list of titles.

In summary, a universal short title catalogue is like a big, organized list of all the books in the world that helps people find the books they need quickly and easily.