Mauritius National Bibliography
Title | National Bibliography of Mauritius = Bibliographie Nationale de L’Ile Maurice |
Web site address | http://national-library.govmu.org/ |
Start date | 2002 |
Period covered | 1996 to date |
Current size | 10,000 |
Media covered | Monographs, serials, newspapers, reports and government publications |
General selection criteria | The National Bibliography of Mauritius lists and describes publications received by the National Library of the Republic of Mauritius under the legal deposit regulations. It also includes works on Mauritius that are published abroad. The National Bibliography of Mauritius lists materials in different languages, i.e., English, French, Mauritian Creole, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and Arabic. |
Selection criteria for digital resources | The National Bibliography of Mauritius does not include digital resources. |
Exclusions policies applied | Ephemera |
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | The National Library of the Republic of Mauritius |
Web site address of national bibliographic agency | http://national-library.govmu.org/ |
Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | There is no cooperative structure for the National Bibliography of Mauritius |
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies | The National Bibliography of Mauritius is a single integrated publication. |
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | The sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce the National Bibliography of Mauritius include data created in-house and CIP data. |
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | Material included in the National Bibliography of Mauritius is received by the National Library of the Republic of Mauritius under the Legal Deposit Regulations. Under the Legal Deposit Regulations Mauritian printers and producers have to deposit free of charge six copies of all new publications and productions to the National Library of the Republic of Mauritius. |
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | The National Library of the Republic of Mauritius coordinates the Mauritian CIP Programme and CIP records are included in the National Bibliography of Mauritius. |
Media & format options | The National Bibliography of Mauritius is available in the following formats: printed catalogue, MARC 21 and PDF. |
Access options to national bibliographic metadata | Web catalogue |
Metadata enhancements offered via online services | There is no metadata enhancements offered via online services. |
Web 2.0 services offered | There is no Web 2.0 services offered. |
Frequency of service updates | The National Bibliography of Mauritius is offered as an annual publication. The online systems are updated daily. |
Target audiences for services | Academic, public and special libraries in Mauritius and overseas. Members of the public and book trade. |
Uses made of services offered | Notification of publications for acquisition/selection.Deriving high quality catalogues records for inclusion in local catalogues |
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | The National Bibliography of Mauritius operates on a cost recovery basis. |
Availability of metadata for re-use | There are no restrictions applied to metadata. |
Metadata formats | MARC 21 |
Cataloguing code | AACR2 |
Levels of description offered | ISBD |
Subject standards | DDC, LCSH |
Name authority standards | The National Bibliography of Mauritius |
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? | – |