Title Oesterreichische Bibliografie
Web site address https://www.onb.ac.at/https://www.onb.ac.at/
Start date began 1946
Period covered 1945 to date
Current size 188.864 (2003 -)
Media covered – Works published and printed in Austria
– Austriaca, i.e. works about Austria or Austrians published abroad, (translated) works from Austrian authors published abroad
General selection criteria Digital and printed books and serials, theses, maps and printed music
Selection criteria for digital resources Offline publications, continuing online resources
Exclusions policies applied School text books, computer games and software, music recordings, movies and broadcasting, websites
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control Austrian National Library
Web site address of national bibliographic agency http://www.onb.ac.at/
Co-operative structures or  relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography —
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies – Series A covers (bimonthly):
– Series A, supplement Musica practica covers musical prints (yearly, retrospectively)
– Series A, supplement Karten covers maps (yearly, retrospectively)
– Series B covers thesis (continuously, available as dump)
– Series C covers Austriaca (continuously, available as dump)
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography Data created in-house
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements Publications covered in series A is collected according to legal deposit law
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme No
Media & format options Since 2003 PDF and HTML only
Access options to national bibliographic metadata Web catalogue
Metadata enhancements offered via online services Table of contents, abstracts
Web 2.0 services offered No
Frequency of service updates Depending on series, see under 3.d
Target audiences for services Libraries, booksellers, researchers, general public
Uses made of  services offered Acquisition, literature search
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services On a free basis
Availability of metadata for re-use Limited metadata export is possible via OAI/Dublin Core
Metadata formats MAB2
Cataloguing code RAK
Levels of description offered ISBD
Subject standards DDC, SWD, BK
Name authority standards PND
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? Not yet
Date information submitted —
Information supplied by Karin Kleiber