Uganda National Bibliography
Title | National Bibliography of Uganda |
Web site address | www.nlu.go.ug |
Start date | 2004 (Originally Makerere University Library produced the Uganda National Bibliography from 1964 up to 1989) |
Period covered | 2004 to date |
Current size | 5,600 records |
Media covered | Printed books, audio-visual, video |
General selection criteria | All documents published in Uganda or about Ugnda or written by Ugandans |
Selection criteria for digital resources | No digital resources listed |
Exclusions policies applied | Ephemera |
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | National Library of Uganda but there exists two other legal deposit centres namely Uganda Management Institute Library and Makerere University Library. |
Web site address of national bibliographic agency | www.nlu.go.ug |
Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | Collaboration with Uganda Management Institute Library and Makerere University Library to include records of items they receive under the legal deposit laws. |
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies | Single integrated |
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | Created in house except for records received from the other two institutions. |
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | Most items recorded are received under the national legal deposit law. Also includes grey literature |
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | No CIP programme exists yet |
Media & format options | MARC Exchange files |
Access options to national bibliographic metadata | Web catalogue |
Metadata enhancements offered via online services | Not offered |
Web 2.0 services offered | Not offered |
Frequency of service updates | Annual |
Target audiences for services | Academic/public libraries and members of the book trade |
Uses made of services offered | Acquisitions and derived cataloguing |
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | Cost recovery both locally and abroad |
Availability of metadata for re-use | Released into the public domain without restriction |
Metadata formats | MARC21 |
Cataloguing code | AACR2 |
Levels of description offered | ISBD, AACR level 2 |
Subject standards | DDC |
Name authority standards | NACO |
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? | No |
Date information submitted | 7th October 2010 |
Information supplied by | Gertrude Kayaga Mulindwa |