Title |
中国国家书目 (China National Bibliography) |
Web site address |
http://olcc.nlc.gov.cn/proserv-sjkjs-zggjsm.html |
Start date |
Began 1998 |
Period covered |
1911 to date |
Current size |
2.3 million |
Media covered |
Printed books or serials. |
General selection criteria |
Chinese printed publications published in China |
Selection criteria for digital resources |
No. |
Exclusions policies applied |
Digital resources, grey literature, pamphlets, etc. |
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control |
National Library of China |
Web site address of national bibliographic agency |
http://www.nlc.gov.cn/ |
Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography |
Online Library Cataloging Center obtains records from its member libraries in China, with few relationships with ISBN and ISSN agencies |
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies |
Separate database for different materials types, such as monographs, serials and rare books |
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography |
Major part from National Library of China, some parts from member libraries of the Online Library Cataloging Center, which is located in NLC |
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements |
70% of records are based on legal deposit copies and 30% from other sources |
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme |
CIP records are prepared by another institution under another government department, and CIP records are not included in national bibliographic services |
Media & format options |
MARC exchange file |
Access options to national bibliographic metadata |
Z39.50 |
Metadata enhancements offered via online services |
No |
Web 2.0 services offered |
No |
Frequency of service updates |
Daily |
Target audiences for services |
Members of the Online Library Cataloging Center under National Library of China |
Uses made of services offered |
Derived cataloguing, retrospective conversion, etc. |
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services |
Cost recovery policy. NBA is considering a free service in the future |
Availability of metadata for re-use |
Yes |
Metadata formats |
CNMARC, which is based on UNIMARC |
Cataloguing code |
Chinese Cataloging Rules (Based on ISBD and AACR2) |
Levels of description offered |
Full level (including subject indexing and authority control) |
Subject standards |
Classified Chinese Thesaurus |
Name authority standards |
Chinese Cataloging Rules |
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? |
Yes – Cataloguing Section |