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CERL Thesaurus

CERL Thesaurus. 1. CERL Thesaurus. Started as a compensation for the lack of global authority control within the HPB Collection of multilingual authority files and headings Contains names from imprints , of persons , places and corporate bodies

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CERL Thesaurus

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  1. CERL Thesaurus 1

  2. CERL Thesaurus • Started as a compensation for the lack of global authority control within the HPB • Collection of multilingual authority files and headings • Contains names • from imprints, • of persons, • places and • corporate bodies • Aims to include authority files of all HPB contributors… and many others • Continous updating, integration of new sources and manual enhancement

  3. Accessing the CERL Thesaurus • Free at http://thesaurus.cerl.org/ • Via SRU protocol for CERL members to integrate it into other systems • Soon: as Linked Open Data in RDF for applications of the semantic web • Editing client for manual editing

  4. Contents of the CERL Thesaurus 787.000 records From 30 contributing institutions in 14 European countries hospitable to data of members and non-members of CERL

  5. Contents of the CERL Thesaurus • Includes and unites • standard forms of the contributing libraries • variant spellings • forms in Latin and other languages • fictitious names • Developed and maintained by the Data Conversion Group at the Göttingen State and University Library • Internal format following UNIMARC authorities • Contributions can be accepted in various formats

  6. CERL Thesaurus web interface

  7. Latest additions • Place names from Hungary • Provenance data from BNC Rome • UL Wrocław authority file • Dutch early printed material authority file • BSBink provenance data • Places of medieval manuscript writing in the Netherlands

  8. Upcoming files • National Library Warsaw authority file • National Library of France authority file • Scottish Book Trade Index • Spread of Scottish printing place names • National Library of Russia headings • Early Hungarian Authors authority file

  9. How to join in… • Everyone: • Use the CERL Thesaurus as reference work • Add annotations to CERL Thesaurus records • Librarians: • Contribute your local authority files • Provide access to provenance information in your local OPAC via the CERL Thesaurus • Use the CERL Thesaurus for Assisted Searching in your local databases • Soon! Semantic web application: • Interpret knowledge captured in the CERL Thesaurus in entirely new contexts

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