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LIBRIS purchases national library system (LIBRIS har valt nytt katalogsystem: Horizon and Nytt katalogsystem: Flexibilitet och nya funktioner and Systemleverantör: DynixGmbH pp 4-8) On December 22nd , the Royal Library, National Library of Sweden, signed a contract for the Horizon library system with the German supplier Dynix GmbH. Horizon is especially adapted for the needs of regional and national catalogues and is therefore expected to strengthen the Swedish library co-operation. LIBRIS is a national database for mainly university and research libraries. Since early 1997, the holdings of approx. 190 libraries are searchable free-of-charge over the Internet (http://www.libris.kb.se/english/index.html). The LIBRIS database also covers practically all Swedish publications from the 17 th century onwards. In 1997, the Royal Library received governmental funding for the purpose of transforming LIBRIS into a broad national information resource in a modern technological environment. Among other things, this means that other kinds of libraries, e.g. public libraries, are invited to join the library co-operation. A larger number of databases will also be freely accessible. Since the 1970s, LIBRIS has been run in a mainframe environment, whereas the new system is UNIX based. A Request for Proposal for a new national system was published in May 1998. Expectations and demands from Swedish libraries were of great importance. The objectives were rationalising internal library routines, adapting the system to different kinds of libraries and strengthening the national library cooperation. After a thorough evaluation process, the Horizon system was considered most appropriate to fulfil the needs of LIBRIS. Horizon has been especially adapted to the requirements of regional and national catalogues, in close co-operation with German and American users. 22 English summaries International standards for information retrieval are also supported. - Horizon has proved to be the system most suitable for Union Catalogues on the market today, says Dr. Mats Herder, Head of development at LIBRIS. On December 22 nd , the Royal Library, National Library of Sweden, signed the contract for the Horizon library system with the German supplier Dynix GmbH. The new system is expected to be up and running in late 1999. For further information, contact Dr. Mats Herder, Head of Development, +46 8 463 43 60, e-mail: mats.herder@libris.kb.se (Press release 1998-12-22) New ILL routine (Fjärrlån - upphandling av fjärrlånesystem p 20) In January 1999 the LIBRIS-department at the Royal Library published an RFP for a new ILL system in LIBRIS (http:// info.libris.kb.se/newrfp/ILL%20RFP.doc) The new ILL routine will comprise more functions than the present system, e.g. service directly to the patron. The main objective is to introduce a system with as many working operations as possible. An integrated ILL system where local and central routines interact implies the use of international standards in LIBRIS as well as in the local systems. In the ILL operations the Z39.50-standard as well as the ISO ILL 10160/61-standards are involved. A central database with patron information is planned as well as routines for the update of patron information from different local systems to LIBRIS patron database. Moreover a system for the invoicing of photo copies will be connected to the new ILL routine. In order to make the daily ILL duties more effective a barcode (with information on the unique ILL request number) will be printed on the ILL request form. In this way it will be possible to read the barcode when the loan/copy is shipped from the lending library and when it is received by the borrowing library. When handling returnables the barcode can also be used when the loan is returned to the lending library and when it is finally checked in. The first version of the new ILL system will include all basic functions from the present system. A routine for the handling of online requests from patrons will also be included. Other suggested functions in the new ILL system will be implemented gradually.
English summaries Steps towards a New LIBRIS : inclusion of Swedish public libraries’ holdings and introduction of a WWW cataloguing interface (Registrera via webben pp10-12 and LIBRIS och folkbiblioteken and Folkbibliotekens bestånd i LIBRIS pp 14-15 ) Historically, LIBRIS has been the National Union Catalogue for academic libraries. The overall philosophy is based on co-operation between participating libraries, where each library performs its cataloguing on-line directly in LIBRIS. Current features on the LIBRIS agenda comprise the inclusion of Swedish public libraries’ holdings, as well as providing efficient and flexible cataloguing tools adapted to any kind of library category. Being a co-operative union catalogue, LIBRIS must provide consistency, but also reflect existing differences in e.g. cataloguing practice. In order to achieve this LIBRIS has opened a dialogue with representatives for the major public libraries. The process of adaptation and integration has begun, and is expected to continue in parallel with the establishing of the New LIBRIS. Among the facilities already in use is a routine to batch update the LIBRIS database with (retrospective) holdings information; cataloguing according to different practice is supported through e.g. the implementation of a few format enhancements. It is also essential that LIBRIS can provide efficient, flexible and user-friendly cataloguing tools. It should be possible also for non-professional cataloguers at least to add simple holdings information. The first step in this direction is the introduction of a WWW cataloguing interface (opening March 1999; Swedish interface only), where LIBRIS’ member libraries via simple and intuitive templates can add, alter and delete their local holdings data. The interface is attached to the current BRS/Search solution and LIBRIS WebSearch, and access restricted with user-id and password. Svesök (Svesök - bibliotekens svenska webbguide p 18-19) Svesök is a search service and a links catalogue for Swedish web sites on the Internet. It is also a tool for cataloguing web sites with metadata according to the Dublin Core Element Set. At the books and library fair ”Bok & bibliotek” in Gothenburg the 22 nd to 25 th of October, Svesök was declared open by the National Librarian Tomas Lidman. At the turn of the year the database with the links catalogue contained about 1300 selected and catalogued web resources. The other database with web sites collected by the robot of the Kulturarw 3 Heritage Project contained about three million web sites. Both databases are searchable at the same time. The result of the search is ranked in order of relevance. The search system is called BRS/Search and is the same as in LIBRIS Websök. The Svesök project was started in September 1997 by the LIBRIS Department. During 1998 most of the application development was done, but Svesök is continuosly being developed. In 1999 the responsibility for the Svesök project is shared between the LIBRIS Department and the Department of Collection Development and Documentation at the Royal Library. Cataloguing in Svesök The registration of web resources in Svesök is done using metadata, according to the Dublin Core format. The Dublin Core Element Set consists of 15 elements such as title creator, identifier (URL, ISSN), subject. The cataloguing or registration is made by filling in a metadata form and a catalogue record is then created. There are several differences between cataloguing printed books and web resources. The web resources are constantly changing and may even disappear. The bibliographic description of web sites has to be quite general. The description of a whole web site could be more general than the description of a single web page. In the future it will be possible to map the Dublin Core format to the MARC format, and to perform searches in Svesök and in LIBRIS simultaneously.To enable this, the cataloguing of web resources for Svesök follows both Dublin Core and Katalogiseringsregler för svenska bibliotek (Swedish Cataloguing Rules). www.svesok.kb.se 23
Page 1 and 2: nummer 79 mars 1999 http://www.libr
Page 3 and 4: En ny era LIBRIS går in i en ny er
Page 5 and 6: katalogsystem: Horizon Kurt Johanss
Page 7 and 8: ...och nya funktioner Ett antal lö
Page 9 and 10: -översikt • SweMARC erbjuder en
Page 11 and 12: MARC-formatets fält och delfält d
Page 13 and 14: I maj 1998 tillträdde Mats Herder
Page 15 and 16: En annan avgörande folkbiblioteksa
Page 17 and 18: Karin Perols, Systembibliotekarie K
Page 19 and 20: Svesöks metadataformulär följer
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