Users and stakeholders - Libraries
Libraries
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- Purpose and value
- Organisation
- Scoping and selection
- Resource, description and standards
- Service delivery
- Glossary/Useful links
- Bibliography
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Key library functions that use metadata from national bibliographies include:
In addition, the following library groups and activities may also use national bibliographic metadata:
- Reference librarians - acting on behalf of end-users.
- Management of legal deposit activities - due to the close relationship between the national bibliographies and legal or voluntary deposit material.
- Preservation librarians - can use national bibliographic metadata to determine new trends in publishing and plan preservation procedures accordingly
- Digitisation management - national bibliographies can provide an overview of older materials that might be candidates for digitisation.
Last update: 5 December 2017