library dk bibliotek dk Introduction to the Danish
library. dk - bibliotek. dk Introduction to the Danish Union Catalog – public version Kirsten Larsen Market Department Danish Bibliographic Centre kl@dbc. dk
bibliotek. dk l l l 2 General overview and statistics Search modes FRBR Requesting – show availability – automated ILL Google – to and from VIP and BOB databases
A few facts…. l l l l l 3 http: //bibliotek. dk/ English version: http: //www. library. dk/ Opened Oct. 2000 12 million ”clusters” of records Aprx 195 libraries are supplyers 2, 8 million loan request in 2008 Visits per week (week 45, 2009) : 89. 000 5000 users on mailing-list Statistics (in Danish)
Several search modes - and in the Danish version it’s also possible to browse subject categories 4
Use of search modes 5
Send request regardless of edition Editions clustered Send request 6 Go directly to your favourite library
Editions are clustered - FRBR 7
To and from Google l l Try your search in Google (from bibliotek. dk) Google Toolbar with bibliotek. dk buttons All records exported to Google Scholar and Google Books. 0. 24% visitors from G Scholar, 0. 46% from G Books Subject Guide indexed by Google. 22% of visitors come from Google (diff. versions) (statistics from 10. 11. 09) 8
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Settings The user can save these settings (saved on user’s login or the local computer) l Login l Name and adress (used for requests) l Preferred library, favourite libraries, pincode to these libraries l Search and display mode l Request and import features l Format 10
User satisfaction 2009 - Net-evaluation: 3000 respondents 45% finds bibliotek. dk ”Very good” 48% finds it ”Good” 11
Important components ”VIP” database of library parameters 12 Dan. Bib database indexes interface ”BOB” ill-handler and database of illrequests
Loan requests l l l 13 Users can see library holdings and availability at their favourite libraries Users choose where they want to pick up the item The library finds out where to get the requested Users are sometimes redirected to the local library system Automated ILL coming soon…
Placing a request – step 3 of 5 14
VIP – database – libraries decide their service level 15
BOB – system – loan requests 16
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