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Free access for everyone to Danish

National Union Catalogue

Librarian International 2001- session B305

Leif Andresen

Danish National Library Authority

Free access for everyone to Danish NUC Slide 2Danish National Library Authority

The speaker

Leif Andresen

Danish National Library Authority

Library Advisory Officer

Fields of responsibilities: Danish National Union Catalogue Library Automation, e.g. Z39.50 Standardisation


Background information

A common National Union Catalogue called DanBib including holdings of the public and research libraries in Denmark

Each library has it own unique list of all other libraries sorted according to most-relevant-to-send-requests-to as an integrated part of DanBib


Background information

DanBib is run by Danish Bibliographic Centre based on an agreement with the Danish State and the Danish municipalities

DanBib includes - besides the library holdings - the Danish National Bibliography and MARC-records from British Library and Library of Congress


bibliotek.dk

As part of a new library act in 2000: Free access for everyone to the Danish

National Union Catalogue This new service is named: bibliotek.dk and the English user interface: library.dk was opened 31 October 2000


bibliotek.dk

Objectives of bibliotek.dk:

Public access via web-interface Give the user the option to request Open quickly No new requirement to local libraries


User perspectives

User interface was developed starting from scratch

A test panel gave input: ”subject” is high-rated A simple user interface


Searching

Simple search Advanced search

Subject, Author, Title, ISBN, free text and year

Menu with type and language SCAN

Author, Title, Subject CCL-screen


Requesting

The request process have 5 steps after selecting the bibliographic item:

1) Search for “my library” 2) Select “my library” 3) Identification of borrower 4) Approve request 5) Receipt


Requesting

Notice: The borrower selects the pick-up library The borrower doesn't need to know

which library the books belong to The Inter Library Loan process is for the

libraries - not for the borrower The libraries have to procure the book in

the cheapest manner


Requesting - seen from the library

The requests are divided into two parts: material located at user’s library material to be requested from other

libraries The requests are received:

by e-mail in a database


A chary start

Opened 31 October 2000 A press release No campaign 18.500 requests in February 2001 80 - 100 users during the afternoon


Campaign this week

A postcard for every household in Denmark

A pamphlet to be distributed from the libraries - ½ million copies

Advertising banners on popular portals Articles in journals and newspapers


Developments

Last Saturday: Adding links to Internet services

developed by the libraries Better match of different records of

same edition of same title

Future Adding holdings information Titles you can buy: link to booksellers


Consequences of bibliotek.dk

More loans More requests for material located in

research libraries Requests for new books not purchased

yet New users - some nerds have

discovered the libraries


Consequences of bibliotek.dk

More effective use of the libraries

More library services to more people

Better return of the taxpayers money spend on the libraries

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