Latvia National Bibliography

Title	The National Bibliography of Latvia
Web site address	Data bases of the national bibliography: http://www.lnb.lv/en/for-readers/catalogues-and-databases/national-bibliography-databases Authoritative database, DB of Graphic editions and DB of Rare books and manuscripts: http://roze.lanet.lv:8991/F/S4ANEJ3CGIIE5GCPUHYBY35CBVM3VCAEL39YVKTPMS2JN2YIEP-73842?func=file&file_name=base-list
Start date	Began 1920
Period covered	1585 to date
Current size	About 3 000 000 records (03.2010.)
Media covered	All printed publications (books and serials), articles in periodicals and electronic off-line publications; maps, printed music (in e-catalogue of NLL), graphics (separate database)
General selection criteria	Includes resources published in Latvia and “Latvian” resources published throughout the world
Selection criteria for digital resources	“Born digital” resources with metadata are included in digital library “Letonica”. Main criteria: on-line books and serials, resources of culture-historical importance, scientific and educational resources, resources with “Latvian” content; harvesting of websites – Latvian domain (.lv)
Exclusions policies applied	Computer games, ephemera, news, portals, blogs etc.
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control	National Library of Latvia (national bibliographic agency – the Bibliography Institute)
Web site address of national bibliographic agency	http://www.lnb.lv/en/about-nll/the-institute-of-bibliography http://www.lnb.lv/en/for-publishers/ISBN/isbn-agency http://www.lnb.lv/en/for-publishers/issn/issn-centre http://www.lnb.lv/en/for-librarians/standartisation-work http://www.lnb.lv/en/for-librarians/the-legal-deposit-copy
Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography	ISBN/ISMN and ISSN agencies are part of NBA. Latvian Book Publishers association:http://www.gramatizdeveji.lv/index_en.php; Latvian Press Publishers Association: http://www.lpia.lv;http://www.lnb.lv/en/for-librarians/the-legal-deposit-copy
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies	There are separate databases: 1) monographs and continuing publications 2) articles in periodicals (analytic bibliography) 3) maps, printed music (in e-catalogue of NLL) 4) graphics (separate database) 5) rare books and manuscripts (separate database)
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography	Data are created in-house and derived from publishers
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements	Publications are received under national Legal Deposit Law which includes also e-publications and online publications http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=136682
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme	CIP programme is co-ordinated by NBA and pre publication records are included in national bibliography database (monographs)
Media & format options	Online databases; pdf quarterly
Access options to national bibliographic metadata	Web catalogue, Z39.50
Metadata enhancements offered via online services	Book jackets; tables of content, annotations
Web 2.0 services offered	__
Frequency of service updates	Daily
Target audiences for services	Academic / public libraries; publishers; book sellers; researchers; members of the public
Uses made of services offered	Advance notification of publications, acquisition/selection, derived cataloguing, retrospective conversion
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services	For a free basis
Availability of metadata for re-use	Without restriction
Metadata formats	MARC21
Cataloguing code	AACR2
Levels of description offered	ISBD
Subject standards	LCSH (version in Latvian); UDC (notations are translated into Latvian)
Name authority standards	MARC21
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC?	No

Bibliography, national bibliographies

Last update: 14 October 2010