The ISNI International Agency aims to assist media companies prepare for the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI), a new standard which will streamline the way creative rights holders are referenced on the Internet. “The International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI – Draft ISO 27729) is an ISO certified global standard capable of easily identifying the millions […]
Read moreThe British Library has announced that it is going to offer two new ways for libraries and researchers to access its bibliographic data including the British National Bibliography. These are: A free Z39.50 service for libraries to selectively download records in MARC21 Bulk data sets in XML (RDF/DC) for researchers and organisations wishing to utilise […]
Read moreThe Co-Publishers of the RDA Toolkit (American Library Association, Canadian Library Association, and CILIP—through its publishing imprint, Facet Publishing) have announced that the RDA Toolkit is now live. The system includes: RDA instructions that are searchable and browsable AACR2 Rule Number Search of RDA instructions Workflows, mappings: tools to customize the RDA instruction set to support […]
Read moreBook Industry Communication (UK) and the Book Industry Study Group (US) have announced the joint publication of ‘The International Standard Text Code: A Work in Progress’ by Michael Holdsworth, the former Managing Director of Cambridge University Press. The ISTC has been described as potentially the most important bibliographic identifier since ISBN. It is a new […]
Read moreThe Chinese translation of “National Bibliographies in the Digital Age” is now available on the Bibliography section of the IFLA web site. Many thanks to Ben Gu, Director, Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department at the Online Library Cataloguing Centre of the National Library of China for managing the translation process.
Read moreThe 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 each national bibliography will cover: History & Background Scope Organisation & Administration Services & Usage Business Models Standards Used National Bibliographic Agencies wishing to contribute details […]
Read moreSince January of 2010 the National Library of Spain (Biblioteca Nacional de España) has renewed the web service of the Spanish Bibliography online: http://www.bne.es/es/Servicios/BibliografiaEspanola/BibliografiaEspanolaEnLinea/ The implementation of the new Integrated Library Management System has motivated some changes in the search and display interface for bibliographic records and it has delayed the start-up. Monographs are now available […]
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