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Bibliographic Provision and Cataloguing A presentation to the BIC E4LIBRARIES SYSTEMS WORKSHOP. Lesley Whyte, Managing Director, BDS 26 November 2007. Company Profile. Established in December 1994 Based in Dumfries, South-West Scotland Independent, privately-owned company
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Bibliographic Provision and Cataloguing A presentation to the BIC E4LIBRARIES SYSTEMS WORKSHOP Lesley Whyte, Managing Director, BDS 26 November 2007
Company Profile • Established in December 1994 • Based in Dumfries, South-West Scotland • Independent, privately-owned company • Currently employs 35 staff, including qualified and experienced cataloguers and librarians
The Role of BDS in the Market • BDS was established to provide a service to the library supply and library market • BDS translates trade information into a format that can be used in libraries • BDS aggregates and adds value to publishers’ and film distributors’ information • BDS eliminates the need for re-keying and modification of trade data
Bibliographic Agencies We are fortunate………
Data Standards • MARC/ISO 2709 • AACRII • Dewey Decimal Classification (22nd edition) • Library of Congress Subject Headings and NACO name authority files • Library of Congress Classification
Areas of Focus • System suppliers • Library suppliers • Libraries
System Suppliers • ISBN-13 • Coping with 2 forms of MARC data • Integration of extended content • Different versions and capabilities of the same LMS
Library Suppliers • Introduction of ‘corruption’ into data feed to libraries • Provision of the “correct information” to enable supplier selection to be performed effectively
Libraries • Lack of funding • Lack of vision for online catalogues • Acceptance that data is not free • Differing levels of record • Failure to adopt new versions of Dewey • Desire to customise unnecessarily • Staff who do not appreciate the full implications of data usage