Content tagged Bibliography

The IFLA Metadata Newsletter is published jointly by the Bibliography Section, the Cataloguing Section and the Subject Analysis and Access Section. Issue vol. 7. no. 1, June 2021...

News - 1 July 2021

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The webinar materials page links to the slides from the lightning reports, the Q&A transcript, and to the full recording from the event held May 27, 2021. This is the first ...

News - 17 June 2021

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These tables and graphics are updated to include all 48 NBR profiles and their latest updates, and are available at the bottom of the NBR page. NBR sections covered in the tables...

News - 3 June 2021

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Several members of the Bibliography Section participated in the III International Bibliographic Congress: Bibliographic information in digital culture held 27-30 April 2021 as organizers or...

News - 20 May 2021

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  Description Sponsored by the IFLA Bibliography, Cataloguing, and Subject Analysis & Access Sections. Consists of seven Metadata lightning talks giving...

Publication - 19 May 2021

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The minutes of the Standing Committee mid-year meetings held online February 26 and March 12, 2021 have been posted. The minutes include the draft Communications Plan for 2021. The...

News - 26 March 2021

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Join us online for a 90-minute webinar from the IFLA Bibliography, Cataloguing, and Subject Analysis and Access Sections. Join our New Horizons panel for a wide ranging...

Event - 5 March 2021

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The mid-year meetings are in two parts, with two meetings to be held two weeks apart. Each meeting is 1-hour long. Friday, February 26, 2021, 13:00-14:00 GMT Friday,...

Event - 24 February 2021

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Minutes of meetings have recently been posted: 2020: August, Virtual 2021: January, Virtual (Meeting January 29)

News - 24 February 2021

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The Bibliography Section is pleased to participate in the 2021 Bibliographic Control conference, February 8-12, 2021

News - 1 February 2021

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The National Bibliographic Register profiles have recently been updated for: The National Bibliography of the Czech Republic The Finnish National Bibliography...

News - 1 November 2020

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Profiles in the National Bibliographic Register have recently been added for: Canadiana : the National Bibliography of Canada The Greek National Bibliography The...

News - 5 August 2019

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Title Turkish Bibliography Web site address http://eyayinlar.mkutup.gov.tr/ Turkey Article...

Informational Page - 5 August 2019

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Title Greek National Bibliography Web site address English: www.nlg.gr/en/node/166 & Greek: www.nlg.gr/el/node/79...

Informational Page - 5 August 2019

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Title Canadiana : the National Bibliography of Canada Web site address http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/services/canadiana/Pages/...

Informational Page - 5 August 2019

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Publication - 1 July 2019

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[PDF] Nach mehreren Jahren der Diskussion über die Bedeutung von internationalem Datenaustausch etablierte die IFLA in den 1970er Jahren ein Büro für die Universelle...

Publication - 1 July 2019

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[PDF]  经过若干年有关书目数据共享重要性的讨论，国际图联(IFLA)于20世纪70年代成立了世界书目控制(Universal Bibliographic Control)办公室，旨在减少成本并鼓励世界范围内的协作。该办公室后来被称为UBCIM（世界书目控制和国际MARC）。当时，UBCIM的理念是由每一个国家书目机构编目其本国出版的作品并确立著者的名称，...

Publication - 1 July 2019

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[PDF] Au cours des années 1970, après plusieurs années de débats sur l’importance de l’échange international des données...

Publication - 1 July 2019

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[РDF] В 1970-е гг. после нескольких лет дискуссий о необходимости международного корпоративного использования библиографических данных, что позволило бы сократить расходы на их создание и...

Publication - 1 July 2019

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[PDF] Durante la década de 1970 la IFLA creó una oficina para el Control Bibliográfico Universal, fue el resultado de varios años de debates sobre la...

Publication - 1 July 2019

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A joint satellite meeting organised by the Cataloguing Section joint with the Information Technology, Subject Analysis and Access and Bibliography Sections. IFLA’s Cataloguing...

Event - 28 June 2019

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The IFLA Metadata Newsletter vol. 5. no. 1, June 2019 is a cooperation between the Bibliography Section, the Cataloguing Section and the Subject Analysis and Access Section. In this...

News - 28 June 2019

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The National Bibliographic Register profiles have recently been updated for: La Bibliografía colombiana (National Library of Colombia) The National Bibliography of...

News - 2 June 2019

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The minutes of the Bibliography Section Standing Committee meetings in Kuala Lumpur held August 2018 are now available.

News - 11 March 2019

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2021: February-March, Virtual (Mid-year meetings, February 26 & March 12) 2021: January, Virtual (Meeting January 29) 2020: August, Virtual (Annual meetings...

Publication - 23 April 2018

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The report from the Project Working Group Meeting on Best Practice for National Bibliographic Agencies in a Digital Age, held April 2015, London, is now available  

News - 18 August 2015

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The 2014 Annual Report of the Bibliography section is now available

News - 12 May 2015

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Comprehensive integration of the National Bibliography in library infrastructure The vast majority of the Danish National Bibliography is produced by the Danish Bibliographic Centre (DBC...

Page of a Book - 13 February 2015

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In the United Kingdom the British National Bibliography (BNB) is a view of data in the production database of the British Library's Integrated Library Management System. The records that form...

Page of a Book - 13 February 2015

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The IFLA Bibliography Section invites papers to be presented at the 81st General Conference and Assembly.  Deadline for papers now Friday 20th February.   Theme:...

News - 9 February 2015

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The IFLA Bibliography Section invites papers to be presented at the 81st General Conference and Assembly, 15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa. Theme: National...

News - 22 December 2014

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IFLA recommends the adoption of subject classification schemes for arrangement of the national bibliography. Classification schemes may be directly related to the subject scheme used or...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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MACS (Multilingual Access to Subjects) is a collaborative project involving the British Library, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Swiss National Library...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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Subject indexing schemes express concepts in a way that is language-dependent. Multi-national initiatives to promote the interoperability of subject indexing across language barriers can involve...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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Subject indexing schemes provide controlled access to the content of resources. Schemes define concepts and relationships between concepts to support user navigation. The Library of...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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IFLA recommends provision of subject access to national bibliographies. The IFLA Classification & Indexing Section has developed specific guidelines which have been made available in printed...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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Standards for authority files were often part of national cataloguing rules like AACR2 or RAK in the past. With the development of RDA as an internationally used cataloguing rule set, RDA...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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Authority control is an expensive process. Various international initiatives exist with the objective of reducing the cost of authority control through co-operation. Such initiatives also...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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The NBA is responsible for “establishing the authoritative form of name for its country’s authors, both personal and corporate, and authoritative lists of its country’s authors,...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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The scope of the national bibliography should be reflected in the scope of the authority file. Thus, NBAs that include journal articles in the national bibliography should include the authors and...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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Authority control (or access point control) refers to the normalisation of controlled access points (headings) and the provision of alternative and related access points. Authority control...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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As a successor to the widely used AACR2, the new international code Resource Description & Access, RDA has been designed. Based on FRBR, RDA was developed to enable the description of any...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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National cataloguing rules provide guidance on the selection and construction of access points and may cover other aspects of cataloguing, such as authority control, about which ISBD is silent...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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Whereas the ISBD is the standard that determines the data elements to be recorded, it is not an instruction manual itself. Most cataloguing rules that were developed by national bibliographic...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

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Comprehensive level: Denotes assignment of extensive metadata for description and access Explicitly conforms to published content standards but there is no commitment to...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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Enhanced level description: Indicates that the basic resource has been supplemented by assignment of some metadata May not explicitly indicate the content standards used...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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Authoritative level description: Denotes the highest level of metadata assigned to a resource Offers the most flexible support for resource discovery Includes (...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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Basic level description: Assumes no metadata have been assigned to the resource, either by the bibliographic agency or by the source Is likely to include web resources...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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The NBA’s responsibility to create extensive records of its national imprint as recommended by the 1977 Paris conference and affirmed by the 1998 Copenhagen International Conference on...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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An NBA may, in some cases, decide for the description of items such as journal articles, chapters and other parts of monographs, individual tracks on sound recordings, and other types of “...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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Library metadata most commonly describes items – documents in any physical form, treated as an "entity”. The item forms the basis of the bibliographic description. If a national...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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Collection-level description (sometimes also: archival description) consists of metadata describing a collection as a whole, in contrast to item-level description (manifestation description in...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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A basic decision upon metadata requirements has to be made concerning the unit described. Does the metadata of a national bibliography pertain to a collection, to an item, or even to parts of...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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The starting point for selecting core metadata requirements is the analysis of uses of the national bibliography since use is only possible if appropriate metadata are available. Users will...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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Compatibility of cataloguing rules is as essential as compatibility of formats. While formats govern the structure of metadata, cataloguing rules govern its content. Two events marked the...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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A primary function of the national bibliography is the accurate bibliographic description of the works it contains. Rules for the creation of bibliographic descriptions have evolved in...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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Adherence to content standards ensures consistency in the published bibliography. Content standards specify: Which information is to be recorded How it is to be...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

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FRSAD is an addition to the FRBR family of conceptual models addressing subject authority data issues. It provides a framework for a commonly shared understanding of what the subject authority...

Page of a Book - 8 August 2014

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The FRBR conceptual model is intended to meet the end users’ needs. This data model proposes the creation of bibliographic concepts (“work”, “expression”, “...

Page of a Book - 8 August 2014

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The "FRBR family" of conceptual models consists of three entity-relationship models which are not cataloguing rules but rather conceptual models on how bibliographic data may be...

Page of a Book - 8 August 2014

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In 2009 the IFLA Cataloguing Section published Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) as an update of the Paris Principles adopted in 1961. The ICP aim to be applicable to online...

Page of a Book - 8 August 2014

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Agencies responsible for maintenance of bibliographic models and standards have recognised that alignment with these developing standards is essential if bibliographic standards are to have any...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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SPARQL (Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language) is a query language for RDF based databases commonly used in linked data initiatives.

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organisation System) provides a model for describing controlled vocabularies, such as thesauri, classification schemes or taxonomies. The Library of Congress and Biblioth...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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OWL (Web Ontology Language) is designed to enable machine processing of the content of information. OWL explicitly represents the meaning of terms in vocabularies and the relationships between...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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RDF (Resource Description Framework) provides simple semantics for describing resources and the relationships between resources, on the Web. Representations encoded in RDF are machine readable and...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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The Semantic Web is a vision of the Web in which machines automatically process the content of information. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) publishes recommendations, which serve as...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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BIBFRAME is a new initiative led by the Library of Congress to explore the transition from the long established MARC 21 format via the creation of a new bibliographic data model and vocabulary...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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MODS was created by the Library of Congress’ Network Development and MARC Standards Office together with other interested experts as a multi-function bibliographic element set schema with...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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ONIX is a group of related XML standards for books, serials and publishing rights information. Onix for Books was the first of the standards to be widely adopted by the book trade and was...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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MARCXML is a Document Type Definition (DTD) describing the MARC 21 format in XML. MARCXML is used in many applications at the Library of Congress and in OCLC WorldCat and was designed to assist...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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All mark-up languages are derived from SGML (Standard Generalized Mark-up Language), which was used in the 1980s in professional environments for technical and scientific publishing. Based on the...

Page of a Book - 30 July 2014

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The concept of application profiles emerged within the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative as a way to declare which elements from which namespaces are used in a particular application or project....

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set is an ISO Standard (ISO 15836) well known in the Web and library worlds as a cross domain standard that defines 15 data elements for resource description....

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an organisation dedicated to promoting the widespread adoption of interoperable metadata standards and developing specialised metadata vocabularies...

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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Many countries have developed national versions of MARC, in order to accommodate local practices. To address this multiplicity of MARC formats, IFLA fostered the development of an international...

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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MARC 21 is the product of the integration of USMARC, UKMARC and CANMARC (Canadian MARC). It is the most extensively used MARC format in the world and a de facto standard. It has been designed to...

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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UNIMARC was originally designed to be a switching format to enable the wider exchange of bibliographic data. UNIMARC has been developed by a number of countries to become a production format...

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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For encoding their printed and audiovisual material most libraries are still currently using MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging) formats which are applications of the ISO 2709 file standard. This...

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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Traditionally libraries have exchanged metadata in domain specific formats such as MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging) and offered some limited text based download formats to end users. In the...

Page of a Book - 23 July 2014

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While the long established Format for Information Exchange (ISO 2709) enables the efficient transmission of compressed MARC data, other non-MARC text based data formats (e.g. .CSV, XML etc.) lack...

Page of a Book - 22 July 2014

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MarcXchange specifies the requirements for a generalised XML-based exchange format for MARC records. This new XML DTD describes a generalised structure, designed primarily for communication...

Page of a Book - 22 July 2014

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The libraries commonly use specialist formats for the distribution of MARC data based on the ISO 2709 standard that can be easily imported by library management systems.

Page of a Book - 22 July 2014

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In addition to formal naming conventions it is also good practice for NBAs to supply text files as summaries to accompany data files and to document their contents. Such files should ideally...

Page of a Book - 22 July 2014

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Unique file names created in a consistent form should ideally assist both machine and human processing of the files themselves by incorporating elements conveying: File format (e.g. by...

Page of a Book - 22 July 2014

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In the absence of international standards in this area, it is good practice for NBAs to establish, maintain and publicise conventions relating to the naming and labelling of data files supplied...

Page of a Book - 22 July 2014

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This section provides information on standards and best practice relating to the exchange of bibliographic metadata via file transfer including: File naming and labelling Data...

Page of a Book - 22 July 2014

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Unambiguous identification of entities (e.g. persons, corporate bodies, works etc.) will be essential precursors to machine to machine operations and more identifiers are being developed....

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The Linking ISSN or ISSN-L is a development of the ISSN standard. Electronic journals may be available in a range of different digital formats, (e.g. PDF, HTML) in addition to print, microform, CD...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code) is a standard identifier (ISO 15707:2001) designed to uniquely and accurately identify musical works. It is a permanent identifier which...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The ISTC (International Standard Text Code) is a standard identifier (ISO 21047) for work expressions rather than their manifestations which are identified by ISBN. Although developed by the book...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) is a standard persistent identifier (ISO 3901: 2001) for sound and music video recordings. The ISRC can be encoded directly into the product to...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier) is a standard identifier (ISO 27729) for persons or corporate bodies and has obvious application in authority control, rights management and...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) is well established as an identifier for printed music.

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number) is an international standard (ISO:15706-1 & 15706-2) audiovisual work identifier. ISANs are unique, permanent reference numbers for...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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In addition to core bibliographic identifiers such as the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for books and International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for journals, other new and...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a series of characters formulated to uniquely identify a resource, most commonly on the Web and enable interaction with it via common protocols such as...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The Archival Resource Key (ARK) system is location and protocol independent and is a new approach to persistent identification. It was developed in 2001 by John Kunze for custodians of archived...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The development of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system was initiated by the Association of American Publishers, and is now managed by the International DOI Foundation. The DOI system of...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The Handle System, developed by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) is “a comprehensive system for assigning, managing, and resolving persistent identifiers, known as...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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The Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL) was developed and implemented by the OCLC as a naming and resolution service for general Internet resources. It is intended as an interim system to...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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Persistent identifiers are identifiers that can be cited to retrieve digital objects over a long period of time. Such identifiers enable resources to be accurately identified by reconciling a...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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Although the NBN is not yet a formal standard, details of the proposed specification are available. The purpose of the NBN is to enable persistent resource identification and the NBN...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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Library management and other bibliographic database systems commonly assign local system control numbers to bibliographic records however these are primarily for internal database maintenance and...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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An identifier is an association between a string (a sequence of characters) and an information resource. That association is made manifest by a record that binds the identifier string to a set of...

Page of a Book - 21 July 2014

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It is good practice to make announcements relating to service changes, down time or upgrades to system users via all available channels. This could include: Notices on the system home...

Page of a Book - 2 June 2014

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Examples of how national bibliographic agencies have implemented service delivery options to meet the needs of their users can be found in the National Bibliographic Register  

Page of a Book - 2 June 2014

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NBA’s should endeavour to offer some form of help desk support within advertised hours for user queries that cannot be resolved via online help. Help desks should be operated by staff highly...

Page of a Book - 2 June 2014

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Information retrieval systems should ideally be designed in a way to enable the end-user to use them without outside assistance, special documentation or training. However, regardless of the type...

Page of a Book - 2 June 2014

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An important element for NBAs to consider when developing and implementing bibliographic services is how to communicate effectively with users? Communication can take a variety of forms including...

Page of a Book - 2 June 2014

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As national bibliographies are going more and more online, the issue of permanent identifiers for citation and linking is becoming crucial at the international level. Persistent...

Page of a Book - 2 June 2014

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The 2013 Annual Report of the Bibliography section is now available

News - 25 April 2014

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Several licensing options for public domain content and metadata have been developed by organisations such as Creative Commons, offering originators credit and some liability protection. However,...

Page of a Book - 4 April 2014

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While the possible benefits for NBAs wishing to offer linked open data services are significant, the challenges should not be underestimated. These include: The financial impact on...

Page of a Book - 4 April 2014

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Although the learning curve for linked data technologies can be steep, a number of potential benefits have been suggested for libraries and NBAs including: New opportunities for...

Page of a Book - 4 April 2014

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In order to retain their relevance to the wider community and stimulate the wider re-use of bibliographic metadata a number of NBAs have recently begun to offer a range of open data and linked...

Page of a Book - 4 April 2014

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While traditional library metadata is based on a proprietary, document based model, linked data uses a dynamic data based model based on linking simple three part RDF statements ( ‘triples...

Page of a Book - 4 April 2014

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A new option for NBAs wishing to disseminate national bibliographic information has been the creation of free ‘linked data’ versions of their datasets (e.g. the ‘Linked Open...

Page of a Book - 4 April 2014

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All organisations holding customer or user data (e.g. addresses, payment details, passwords etc.) must be aware of their responsibilities for ensuring it is not misused or stolen. NBAs holding...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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Threats to system security involve the ‘hacking’ of online systems by malicious individuals or groups. Threats fall into three main areas: ‘Denial of Service’...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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NBAs offering services to individual or institutional users should be aware of the potential data and system security issues faced by any organisation offering online access. It is outside of the...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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While the long established Format for Information Exchange (ISO 2709) and its American counterpart, Information Interchange Format (ANSI Z39.2) enable the creation of...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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In addition to regular updates, bulk data files may also be provided to: Customers wishing to undertake an offline retrospective conversion of their catalogue and requiring a complete...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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File transfer services are commonly used to offer regular (e.g. weekly, monthly, annual) bulk data files that include all records that have been added, changed or deleted in the national...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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While few NBAs currently use physical media (e.g. tape, disc etc.) to regularly disseminate files of bibliographic metadata, most offer some form of online file transfer service (e.g. via FTP). In...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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One recent area of development for national bibliographies has been the creation of ‘linked data’ versions of the datasets e.g. the Linked Open British National Bibliography. A brief...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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One of the most flexible options for accessing a dataset directly is via an ‘Application Programming Interface’ (API).  This allows third party developers to create unique or...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) is a client/server architecture protocol specification that facilitates the diffusion of metadata e.g.:...

Page of a Book - 26 March 2014

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SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) is a standard synchronous search protocol for Internet search queries, utilizing CQL (Contextual Query Language), a standard syntax for representing queries. SRW (...

Page of a Book - 21 March 2014

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American National Information Standards Organization Z39.50 is the most popular synchronous search and retrieval protocol used in the library world. It is based on a client/server...

Page of a Book - 21 March 2014

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The requirement to offer access to online bibliographic databases via a user’s local interface was identified some time ago and a number of different search and retrieval protocols have been...

Page of a Book - 21 March 2014

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After a user has retrieved a satisfactory set of results from an online service, they may wish to save them for future reference or manipulation and use within other computer applications. NBA...

Page of a Book - 13 March 2014

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Traditional online systems have long offered users a degree of customisation (e.g. saved searches, preferred display or download formats etc.). These are normally linked to a user’s login...

Page of a Book - 13 March 2014

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In recent years, following the rise of online services such as Amazon, libraries and NBAs have begun to examine ways in which traditional catalogues can be enhanced via linking bibliographic...

Page of a Book - 13 March 2014

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Search results should enable users to evaluate their relevance as swiftly and easily as possible and inform their continuing search strategy. Typically, results are first listed in a summary...

Page of a Book - 13 March 2014

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A search query normally results in a set of records requiring examination in order to determine their relevance and the system’s interface should facilitate this function. Results must be...

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(via search templates and forms) The combination of search templates together with a forms based interface is user-friendly option which enables inexperienced users to rapidly construct...

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Search ‘command mode’ was historically the first method of query input and use of logical statements together with Boolean operators and extensions (e.g. proximity operators) continue...

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When they have specific information needs, users commonly express these in the form of a query or search statement and much research has concentrated on this area. Users may formulate queries in...

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The interfaces of national bibliographies share many properties of both library OPACs and bibliographic databases in general. Numerous studies of OPAC interfaces and their usage exist including...

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In recent years following the rise in popularity of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, new delivery options for web based catalogues have developed. Broadly these options fall into...

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The Web is now the preferred means of offering access to a national bibliography. Web access enables data to be regularly updated and can be available to users globally whenever required. The...

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Paper remains widely used and printed national bibliographies can still deliver an effective service. Rising production and distribution costs are however likely to render paper uneconomic in the...

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Print and hybrid options Handheld electronic Online access Mobile options

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In addition to new records, any NBA with responsibility for distributing bibliographic data should also offer record updates and deletion. This is particularly important for NBAs supporting CIP (...

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A bibliographic format describes the structure that enables cataloguing metadata to be processed by a computer. Numerous bibliographic formats exist both within and beyond the library environment...

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It is essential to be able to encode and present information in the script required by the user. In an increasingly global environment it is not unusual to find multiple scripts present in a...

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Compatibility of formats complements compatibility of cataloguing rules, with formats covering structural issues and cataloguing rules governing record content. The 1961 Paris Principles made...

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Until recently, standards were created within professional communities and aimed to ensure interoperability within those communities. This explains why library standards are not compatible with...

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National bibliographies, particularly electronic national bibliographies, should be designed to facilitate international aggregation. It is extremely important therefore to support...

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Google and Amazon have changed user expectations and behavior with regard to search functionality and have made large result sets and low precision commonplace. However many new systems e.g. those...

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Information retrieval systems enabling retrieval via subject fall into three basic categories: Group 1 indexes works via the actual words used in the document and/or its title and/or...

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User search strategies are inevitably shaped by the ways information can be accessed; either searching for a known item where the author, title or other information is available or searching on a...

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World Wide Web has enabled libraries to make their databases available to a vast world-wide audience. The situation is even more heterogeneous with portals and distributed/federated searching...

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The basic requirements for searching are discussed in the functionality section, however core access points, which should always be supported, are: Author Title...

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This section outlines some areas where requirements are common to all service options implemented by NBAs.    

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Efficient co-operation with publishers and distributors of publications is very important for a successful and sustainable national bibliography for a number of reasons:. Publishers...

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Access to electronic resources is often restricted by contract and by technical protection measures. Contracts issued with digital works may impose conditions on access or constrain access in ways...

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Copyright law protects: The right of creators to be recognised and rewarded for their work; The public interest in freedom of access to information and ideas. The...

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Copyright Digital copyright  

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Promotion of national bibliographies should be targeted at publishers and the book trade community, rights management organisations, media and the general public that could benefit from...

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Canada In Canada responsibility for coordination of the programme resides with the Library and Archives Canada, but the programme is operated through a network of agent libraries providing...

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There is no single model for CIP programmes; each national bibliographic agency is different and the programmes evolve to satisfy local requirements. IFLA conducted a survey of CIP programmes in...

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CIP programmes assist publishers and libraries. For publishers the programme acts as a bridge to the library book buying market For libraries it is an alerting service...

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The IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines for legal deposit legislation suggest that deposit should take place as soon as possible after publication. In addition, the ICNBS recommendation 7 states that "The...

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Norway The Norwegian Act of Legal Deposit of Generally Available Documents of 9 June 1989 came into effect on 1 July 1990. It was one of the first legal deposit acts to include digital...

Page of a Book - 13 January 2014

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In some countries deposit arrangements may be a mixture of legal and voluntary deposit. Such hybrid arrangements may be a pragmatic response by national bibliographic agencies to the restricted...

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"Voluntary deposit" is an agreement by which publishers commit to deposit material with the national bibliographic agency in the absence of a formal statutory requirement. The national...

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Legal deposit as a statutory obligation requires publishers, distributors and, in some countries, printers to freely provide copies of their publications to the national collection. In many...

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For most countries the most effective way of collecting the national output is via a "legal deposit" scheme. The International Conference on National Bibliographic Services (ICNBS)...

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Canada The Canadian national bibliography, Canadiana, includes publications from Canadian publishers, by Canadian authors, and on Canadian topics. It was published as a monthly printed...

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An NBA may determine that it is appropriate to offer a mixed portfolio of free and priced services depending upon the resources required to deliver them. For example a basic offering of an online...

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National bibliographic services are offered free of charge in many countries as a public good. The business case being founded on the stimulation free access to information gives to the...

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For any national bibliographic service it is vital to understand the costs and the potential market but it is particularly important if the service is to be supported in whole or part by charges....

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The choice of business model depends on the clients and goals of the national bibliography, the resources available to produce it, and the organisational or political context of the national...

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Efficient co-operation with publishers and distributors of publications is very important for a successful and sustainable national bibliography for a number of reasons: Publishers are...

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Responsibility for national bibliographic control is often distributed among agencies responsible for different types of material e.g. texts may be the responsibility of the national library,...

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While there is agreement that national bibliographic control is the responsibility of the NBA (National Bibliographic Agency) there is no consensus on where the agency should be located. The...

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The national bibliographic agency (NBA) is: "the organizational unit established within a country's library system, which undertakes responsibility for the preparation of the...

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Selective Exclusion of Digital Resources The following categories and formats of digital resources are excluded by some national bibliographic agencies and may be of use to other NBAs...

Page of a Book - 1 November 2013

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Possible Selection Criteria For Digital Resources The following are potential selection criteria that might be applied by a national bibliographic agency when developing its policy for...

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In addition to human users, online national bibliographies can also be accessed directly by computer software applications. Such applications include federated or distributed searching and...

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End-users have not always been considered a priority audience. However, the IFLA Standing Committee affirms the importance of the national bibliography as a key cultural heritage resource and...

Page of a Book - 1 November 2013

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Different national and governmental agencies may use the information contained in national bibliographies to assist their work. Funding bodies - May use the national bibliography for their...

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National bibliographic data can be used to support the management of intellectual rights by collecting societies, in addition to government bodies for the management of lending right remuneration...

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National bibliographies enable publishers (commercial and non-commercial sector, including government and official publishers) to analyse the national market and potential competition....

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The requirements of booksellers and other members of national book trade supply chains can be similar to those of collection development, acquisition or reference librarians in using national...

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Record re-use includes the downloading or export of records (single or batches) into bibliographic databases, library management systems, or other applications (e.g. Heritage of the Printed Book...

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Librarians in charge of collection development require national bibliographies (both local and foreign) to: Analyse available publications Select according to collection...

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Require national bibliographies for copy cataloguing and cataloguing support in general (e.g. to identify precedents for similar material being catalogued). Cataloguers therefore need complete...

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Information requirements from the national bibliography Acquisitions librarians require national bibliographies to: Order publications Identify publishers and...

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Key library functions that use metadata from national bibliographies include: Acquisitions Cataloguing Collection development Record Deriving In...

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Selective exclusion of digital resources The following categories and formats of digital resources are excluded by some national bibliographic agencies and may be of use to other NBAs...

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Digital resources include a variety of formats e.g.: Web sites (including blogs/weblogs, integrating resources, and other fast emerging resources) Online databases E-...

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Importance of content Given the overriding importance of the content in determining inclusion, the following criteria may assist in assessing whether a resource is worthy of selection...

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i.e. costs of items included together with their: Cataloguing Storage Supply Preservation In order to mitigate some of the resource implications...

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The following categories and formats of digital resources are excluded by some national bibliographic agencies and may be of use to other NBAs developing or their own selection policies...

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Web publishing, new formats and media have changed the scope of the "national published output" by:​ Challenging our definition of published Lowering the...

Page of a Book - 31 October 2013

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The purpose of the national bibliography is to be an extensive record of the national published output. The national bibliography is typically an aggregation of bibliographic records...

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The evolving concept of a national bibliography In 1950 the emphasis was on a detailed description of what kinds of documents should be registered in the national bibliography, but...

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SACO - Subject Authority Cooperative Program. The Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO) was established to provide a means for libraries to submit subject headings and classification...

Page of a Book - 29 October 2013

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OAI - Open Archives Initiative OAI-PMH - Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting . A protocol specification that enhances the description of resources (digital but also...

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LCC - Library of Congress Classification. Library of Congress Classification Outline - The list contains the letters and titles of the main classes of the Library of Congress...

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IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ICNBS, see International Congress on National Bibliographies (ICNBS) Recommendations IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission...

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AACR2 - Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition.  AACR (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition) is a major international standard for the cataloguing of all types of materials...

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The 2012 Warsaw Conference On August 9th 2012 the Standing Committee together with the IFLA Cataloguing Section held a conference Bibliography in a Digital Age at the National Library...

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2010 A changing context - the IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for National Bibliographies in a Digital Age When examining the history of recommendations relating to the creation and...

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1998 - 2002 International Conference on National Bibliographic Services (ICNBS) While previous recommendations had concentrated upon printed national bibliographies, ICNBS recommendations...

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1977 - UNESCO/IFLA International Congress on National Bibliographies The 1977 Conference resulted in the publication of Guidelines for the National Bibliographic Agency and the National...

Page of a Book - 29 October 2013

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1950 - UNESCO Conference on the Improvement of Bibliographical Services The 1950 recommendations became central to the development of national bibliographies by defining that the national...

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Aguirre Bello, R. (2011). Electronic legal deposit at the National Library of Chile Anderson, D. (1974). Universal bibliographic control: A long term policy, a plan for action. Pullach/M...

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Glossary of terms and abbreviations and useful links A-H | I-K | L-N | O-R | S-Z

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Introduction Recent years have seen national bibliographic agencies increasingly migrate from print, and CD-ROM to online, web based options for the delivery of national bibliographic...

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Adoption of internationally approved standards and principles is crucial for NBAs responsible for disseminating bibliographic records for national and international exchange. Such bibliographic...

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National Bibliographic Agency Selection & Exclusions Policies Existing NBAs commonly have established guidance and criteria for selecting print and other traditional analogue materials...

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Selection or Exclusion Policies? Each national bibliographic agency is responsible for developing its own selection criteria. The information in the sections below provide examples from...

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[...] Recommendations Recommendation 5 of The International Conference on National Bibliographic Services . (2002, October 1). The final recommendations of the International...

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Introduction The purpose of this section is to introduce the key issues and decisions required when establishing or restructuring an agency with responsibility for exercising national...

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Who uses a national bibliography? While there is good evidence and understanding of the use of national bibliographies in libraries, there is a lack of substantial data on other users. In...

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This section contains examples of how to integrate National Bibliographies into the library infrastructure. Denmark The United Kingdom

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[...] The national bibliography defined as a bibliographic system or a special national bibliography is relatively new. The phrase "national bibliography" appears in the...

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National Bibliographic Agencies and the role of national libraries In many countries responsibility for creation of the national bibliography resides with the national library. However the...

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The changes brought about by the World Wide Web together with the dramatic growth of digital media have called into question many key assumptions on which national bibliography was founded....

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Introduction A critical issue to be considered by a national bibliographic agency (NBA) as it considers the creation and maintenance of its national bibliography is what it should contain...

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What is a national bibliography? "A current national bibliography is a mirror that reflects the culture of a country. By looking at the current national bibliography one is able to...

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The Mission of the National Bibliography Establishing the need for a national bibliography Increasingly, with new sources of information becoming available via the web, there is...

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This web resource builds on the original printed ‘Guidelines for National Bibliographies in the Electronic Age (2009) created by the IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for National...

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[A-H]   [I-K]   [L-N]   [O-R] Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Resource...

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[A-H]   [I-K]   [L-N]   [S-Z] Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Resource,...

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[A-H]   [I-K]   [O-R]   [S-Z] Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Resource,...

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  [A-H]   [L-N]   [O-R]   [S-Z] Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Resource,...

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What is a national bibliography? Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio...

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Possible Selection Criteria For Digital Resources Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent...

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Selective Exclusion of Digital Resources Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international...

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Digital Formats Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international recommendations...

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Content Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international recommendations...

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Financial Implications Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international recommendations...

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Selective Exclusion of Digital Resources Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international...

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National Bibliographic Agency Selection & Exclusions Policies Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection...

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Selection or Exclusion Policies? Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international...

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Recommendations Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international recommendations...

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Re-use of records & derived cataloguing Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio...

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Collection development librarians Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio...

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Cataloguers Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International recommendations...

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Acquisitions Librarians Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International...

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Computer Software Applications (including federated search, distributed search, data harvesting robots etc) Contents Purpose and value Definitions...

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Rights Management Organisations Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International...

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Publishers Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International recommendations...

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Libraries Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International recommendations...

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End-users Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International recommendations...

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Book Trade (& other media vendors) Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio...

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Agencies Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International recommendations...

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The evolving concept of a national bibliography Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio...

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Persistent themes Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International...

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New Factors Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International recommendations...

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The 2012 Warsaw Conference Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International...

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2010 A changing context – the IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for National Bibliographies in a Digital Age Contents Purpose and value Definitions...

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1998 – 2002 International Conference on National Bibliographic Services (ICNBS) Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a...

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1977 – UNESCO/IFLA International Congress on National Bibliographies Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into...

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1950 – UNESCO Conference on the Improvement of Bibliographical Services Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration...

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  Who uses a national bibliography?   Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio...

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Use Case - The United Kingdom Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International...

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  Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio International recommendations...

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National Bibliographic Agencies and the role of national libraries Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into...

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[I-K]  [L-N]  [O-R]  [S-Z] Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Resource, description and...

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Introduction Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Recent international recommendations...

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Contents Purpose and value Organisation Scoping and selection Resource, description and standards Service delivery...

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Establishing the need for a national bibliography Contents Purpose and value Definitions Integration into a portfolio...

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Common Practices for National Bibliographies in the Electronic Age is revised under a new title in 2021: pre-publication draft available [PDF - English]. The 2021 edition builds on the web...

Informational Page - 17 April 2013

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The 2012 Annual Report of the Bibliography section is now available

News - 27 March 2013

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The IFLA Bibliography Section invites papers to be presented at the 79th General Conference and Assembly, 17-23 August 2013, Singapore. Theme: Opening up the bibliography for the...

News - 12 February 2013

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A statement reaffirming IFLA's commitment to Universal Bibliographic Control was endorsed by the Professional Committee in December 2012. The statement was initiated by the Bibliography...

Publication - 1 February 2013

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A statement reaffirming IFLA's commitment to Universal Bibliographic Control has been endorsed by the Professional Committee. The statement was initiated by the Bibliography Section and has...

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The action plan for 2012-2013 is now available.

News - 14 January 2013

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The IFLA Bibliography Section invites papers to be presented at the 79th General Conference and Assembly, 17-23 August 2013, Singapore. Theme: Opening up the bibliography for the future...

News - 20 December 2012

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Title Magyar Nemzeti Bibliográfia (Hungarian National Bibliography) Web site address Books: http://www.oszk.hu/mnbwww/K/BIBLI.HTML; Serials: http://...

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Title Hrvatska nacionalna bibliografija Croatian national bibliography Web site address http://www.nsk.hr/niz-a-knjige/ http://iks.nsk....

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Title The Belize National Bibliography Web site address www.bnlsis.org Start date Began...

Informational Page - 17 April 2012

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Title The Russian National Bibliography (Rossiyskaya Natsional’naya Bibliografiya) Web site address http://www.bookchamber...

Informational Page - 30 March 2012

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La Bibliografía Costarricense inicia con el trabajo realizado por el señor Adolfo Blen en fichas manuscritas de artículos de periódicos, revistas y libros, con...

Informational Page - 22 March 2012

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Título Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia (Bibliografía colombiana) Dirección sitio web www.bibliotecanacional...

Informational Page - 14 March 2012

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Title Bermuda National Bibliography Web site address http://www.bnl.bm/colmgt/colmgt-bermudiana/ Start...

Informational Page - 12 March 2012

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Title Slovenska bibliografija (Slovenian bibliography) Web site address http://sb.nuk.uni-lj.si/ Start date began 1945 Period...

Informational Page - 9 March 2012

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The 2011 Annual Report of the Bibliography section is now available

News - 1 March 2012

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A joint satellite meeting sponsored by the IFLA Bibliography and IFLA Cataloguing Sections held prior to the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2012. In 2009 the IFLA...

Event - 27 January 2012

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Audiovisual and Multimedia, Copyright and other Legal Matters, National Libraries and Bibliography Theme: The legal deposit of audiovisual and multimedia materials: practice around the...

Informational Page - 20 December 2011

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Theme: National Bibliography Agencies without borders – experiences on collaboration with other producers of bibliographic data Vers une Bibliographie nationale 2.0?...

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Session 91 — Bibliography 12 August 2010 11:45 - 13:45 | Room: G3  Theme: Open access to national bibliographies: best practices and business models...

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Title "Qiryat Sefer" – The national bibliography of the State of Israel and of the Jewish people Web site address http://nli.org.il/qrsinfo_eng...

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Title Malaysian National Bibliography Web site address http://www.pnm.gov.my/ Start date...

Informational Page - 10 December 2010

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An English language summary of the 2009 publication National Bibliographies in the Digital Age: Guidance and New Directions is available from this page: Contents...

Informational Page - 7 December 2010

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In 2001 the IFLA World Library and Information Congress took place in Boston, Massachusetts. The IFLA Section on Bibliography celebrated the completion of two major pieces of work: the report, by...

Informational Page - 16 November 2010

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Title Oesterreichische Bibliografie Web site address https://www.onb.ac.at/https://www.onb.ac.at/ Start...

Informational Page - 11 November 2010

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Title South African National Bibliography (SANB) Web site address http://www.nlsa.ac.za/ Start date...

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Title The Estonian National Bibliography Web site address http://www.nlib.ee/national-bibliography/  Start date The National Bibliography of...

Informational Page - 2 November 2010

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Title  The Lithuanian National Bibliography Web site address  National Bibliographic Data Bank (NBDB): ...

Informational Page - 18 October 2010

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Title Bibliografia Brasileira - supersedes: Boletim Bibliográfico da Biblioteca Nacional Web site address https://www.bn....

Informational Page - 15 October 2010

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Title Thai National Bibliography (TNB) Web site address https://www.nlt.go.th Start date...

Informational Page - 15 October 2010

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Title The Finnish National Bibliography (Fennica) The Finnish National Discography (Viola) Web site address...

Informational Page - 14 October 2010

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Title Bibliographie du Québec Web site address http://www.banq.qc.ca/ressources_en_ligne/bib_bibliographie.html...

Informational Page - 12 October 2010

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Title Bibljografija nazzjonali ta’ Malta = Malta national bibliography Web site address https://www.maltalibraries.gov.mt...

Informational Page - 12 October 2010

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Title Bulletin of the Cyprus Bibliography (Δελτίον Κυπριακής Βιβ...

Informational Page - 12 October 2010

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Title National Bibliography of Uganda Web site address www.nlu.go.ug Start date 2004 (Originally Makerere University Library produced the Uganda...

Informational Page - 7 October 2010

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Title Bibliographie nationale française Web site address http://bibliographienationale.bnf.fr/  Start date Began 1811 for books, 1946 for...

Informational Page - 15 June 2010

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Title The Norwegian National Bibliography Web site address http://nb.no/english/factswww.nb.no Start date - Period covered 1540 to date...

Informational Page - 10 May 2010

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Title The Polish National Bibliography (Polska Bibliografia Narodowa) Web site address http://bn.org.pl/en/catalogues-and-bibliographies/bibliographies-online...

Informational Page - 14 April 2010

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Title Македонска библиографија / The...

Informational Page - 8 April 2010

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Title Singapore National Bibliography Web site address Please log on to the following page to look for description of the bibliography:http://tinyurl.com/y8galrk....

Informational Page - 8 April 2010

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Title The Icelandic National Bibliography Web site address http://www.utgafuskra.is/?lang=1 Start date 1944 Period covered 1944...

Informational Page - 8 April 2010

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Title Česká národní bibliografie (The National Bibliography of the Czech Republic) Web site address...

Informational Page - 8 April 2010

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Title National Bibliography of Mauritius = Bibliographie Nationale de L’Ile Maurice Web site address http://national-...

Informational Page - 8 April 2010

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The Australian National Bibliography (previously issued as Books Published in Australia and Annual Catalogue of Australian Publications) was published in print form between 1936 and 1996. Since...

Informational Page - 30 March 2010

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Title Publications NZ Web site address http://natlib.govt.nz/librarians/national-library-services/publications-new-...

Informational Page - 26 March 2010

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Title The National Bibliography of Latvia Web site address https://lnb.lv/en/catalogues-and-databases/national-...

Informational Page - 16 March 2010

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Title The Swedish National Bibliography Web site address https://www.kb.se/om-oss/det-har-gor-vi/nationalbibliografin.html...

Informational Page - 11 March 2010

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Title Bibliografia nazionale italiana (BNI) = Italian National Bibliography Web site address http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/pagina.php?id=187&rigamenu=...

Informational Page - 11 March 2010

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Title “Ex-libris Casa Bauró : Fulls de bibliografia” Web site address http://www.bibliotecanacional.ad/ Start date 1997...

Informational Page - 10 March 2010

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Title Current title: Das Schweizer Buch = Le Livre Suisse = Il Libro svizzro = Il Cudesch svizzer = The Swiss Book Web site address Description and access...

Informational Page - 10 March 2010

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Title 中国国家书目 (China National Bibliography) Web site address http://olcc.nlc.gov.cn/proserv-sjkjs-zggjsm.html...

Informational Page - 10 March 2010

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The Standing Committee is currently building a register of national bibliographies to provide an up to date resource for those interested in this area of bibliographic activity. Entries for...

News - 12 February 2010

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Title The Danish National Bibliography also comprising The Greenlandic Book List. Web site address https://slks.dk/...

Informational Page - 12 February 2010

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Title Bibliografía Española (The Spanish Bibliography) Web site address http://www.bne.es/en/Servicios/BibliografiaEspanola/  Start date...

Informational Page - 10 February 2010

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Title The Japanese National Bibliography (JNB) Web site address NDL-OPAC: http://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F?func=find-c-0&...

Informational Page - 10 February 2010

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Title The British National Bibliography (BNB) Web site address http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/natbib.html Start date New books and serials have been...

Informational Page - 10 February 2010

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The following profiles have been contributed to our register of national bibliographies. Each is followed by the year last updated. Andorra (2012) Australia (2012...

Informational Page - 10 February 2010

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Title Deutsche Nationalbibliografie Web site address http://www.dnb.de/EN/nationalbibliografie Start date...

Informational Page - 10 February 2010

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The 2009 Annual Report of the Bibliography section is now available.

News - 1 February 2010

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Communication Plan

News - 22 December 2009

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Strategic Plan for 2009-2010 now available.

News - 8 December 2009

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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) announces publication of Bibliographie du Québec, 1821-1967.

News - 25 November 2009

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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) is happy to announce the publication on its web site of the new online version of the Bibliographie du Québec, 1821-1967, at the...

Informational Page - 25 November 2009

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World Library and Information Congress: 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden - Theme: "Open Access to National Bibliographies: Best Practices and Business Models"

News - 18 November 2009

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The changes brought about by the World Wide Web and the explosion of electronic media have called into question many of the assumptions on which national bibliographies have been founded. The need...

Publication - 11 August 2009

Tags: Bibliography, national bibliographies, Bibliography, Publications

The changes brought about by the World Wide Web and the explosion of electronic media have called into question many of the assumptions on which national bibliographies have been founded. The need...

News - 11 August 2009

Tags: National libraries, Bibliography

The Bibliography Section also hosts the Bibliography Blog. IFLA Metadata Newsletter Since 2015 the Bibliography Section publishes the IFLA Metadata Newsletter jointly...

Publication - 12 June 2009

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2020-2021 Action Plan 2019-2020 Action Plan 2018-2019 Action Plan 2017-2018 Action Plan 2016-2017 Action Plan 2015-2016 Action Plan 2014-...

Publication - 12 June 2009

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2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2006...

Publication - 12 June 2009

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Consult the English language summary of the final 2009 print publication National Bibliographies in the Digital Age: Guidance and New Directions.  Information on the...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliography, national bibliography, Bibliography, Publications

IFLA Bibliographic Standards and Interoperability What is "Interoperability"? Types of Interoperability for Metadata Exchange IFLA Standards That Are...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliographies, Bibliography

This paper presents the results of a 2007 survey on national bibliographies in Africa. The survey is a result of an initiative by the IFLA Bibliography Section to gather and update information on...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Africa, Bibliography, national bibliographic agencies, Bibliography, Reports

This paper presents the results of a 2006 survey on national bibliographies in Asia. The survey is a result of an initiative by the IFLA Bibliography Section to gather and update information on...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Bibliography, national bibliographic agencies, Bibliography, Reports

The 2005 survey was prepared to assist the Bibliography Section in gathering more comprehensive information on selection criteria used by national bibliographic agencies in preparing their...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliography, Europe, national bibliography, Bibliography, Reports

August 2004 The survey was conducted in 2003-2004 by the Library of Congress, using a survey instrument endorsed by the Bibliography Section. Report prepared by John Cello, Chief and...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Cataloguing, CIP, Bibliography, Reports

April 2004 This paper presents the results of a 2004 survey on national bibliographies in Latin America. The survey is a result of an initiative by the IFLA Bibliography Section to...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliography, Latin America and the Caribbean, national bibliographic agencies, Bibliography, Reports

Reports on a project sponsored by the Bibliography Section to examine national bibliographies world-wide and assess their adoption of the recommendations of the 1998 International Conference...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliography, national bibliographies, Bibliography, Reports

Reports on a survey of national bibliographies carried out by the Bibliography Section in 2001. This survey is a follow up of Robert Holley’s study Results of a ‘Survey on...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliography, national bibliographies, Bibliography, Reports

čeština | Dansk | English | Français | Deutsch | Русский | Slovenčina | Español The final recommendations of the ICNBS Background In 1977 Unesco...

Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliography, Publications

2019 Satellite meeting: Cataloguing joint with Information Technology and Subject Analysis and Access and Bibliography. 22 August, Thessaloniki, Greece Theme: Metadata...

Informational Page - 12 June 2009

Tags: Bibliography, Conferences, Bibliography

Resources Contribute to the resources coordinated by the Bibliography Section.  Common Practices for National Bibliographies: There is no single right way to produce a...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

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Promotion of published heritage and national bibliography is the main interest of the Bibliography Section. What is Bibliography? National bibliographies are a permanent record of...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Bibliography, Sections, Bibliography