Qiryat Sefer
Title | "Qiryat Sefer" – The national bibliography of the State of Israel and of the Jewish people |
Web site address | http://nli.org.il/qrsinfo_eng |
Start date | 1925- |
Period covered | 1925 to date (Online since October 2003) |
Current size | 65 volumes in print include 347,673 items. Online 104,707 |
Media covered | Digital, printed books, serials, maps, printed music, audio, video, DVD |
General selection criteria | Includes all material printed or distributed in Israel deposited by law in the National Library. Qiryat Sefer also includes publications acquired by the library in all languages, from various countries around the world, dealing with Hebraica and Judaica. |
Selection criteria for digital resources | Same criteria as for non-digital material |
Exclusions policies applied | Computer games, ephemera, private publications of less than 50 copies |
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | The only national bibliography in Israel. Non profit orgnization |
Web site address of national bibliographic agency | The National Library: http://nli.org.il/eng |
Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | —— |
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies | Single bibliography that deals with all the subjects |
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | Original cataloguing + copy cataloguing from other libraries |
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | The Legal Deposit law passed in 1953 encompassed only printed materials but since 2001 has included also non-print materials such as audio-visual, electronic publications etc. |
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | No CIP programme in Israel |
Media & format options | Marc exchange files per request |
Access options to national bibliographic metadata | Web catalogue, Z39.50 – configurable per request |
Metadata enhancements offered via online services | —— |
Web 2.0 services offered | —— |
Frequency of service updates | Daily |
Target audiences for services | Public libraries, academic libraries, general public |
Uses made of services offered | Selection, acquisitions, derived cataloguing, statistics |
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | Free basis. No restrictions. Until 2003 was sold only to subscribers |
Availability of metadata for re-use | No restriction |
Metadata formats | MARC21 |
Cataloguing code | AACR2 |
Levels of description offered | AACR2 level 2 |
Subject standards | LCSH |
Name authority standards | Local |
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? | No |
Date information submitted | 12-29-2010 |
Information supplied by | Shunit Degani |