Thai National Bibliography
Title | Thai National Bibliography (TNB) |
Web site address | https://www.nlt.go.th |
Start date | Began 1976 |
Period covered |
1976 – (Printed books: 1976-2000, CD-ROM: 2001 to date) |
Current size | Approx.1 million |
Media covered | Printed books |
General selection criteria | Books or all publications printed in or related toThailand. |
Selection criteria for digital resources | As for general selection criteria. |
Exclusions policies applied | Grey literature, computer games, ephemera. |
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | National Library of Thailand |
Web site address of national bibliographic agency | https://www.nlt.go.th |
Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | National Library of Thailand is the ISBN agency for Thailand and National Library of Thailand, ISBN, publishers. |
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies |
TNB has been divided into; 1.Main Sequence 2.Indexes – 1) Author Index – 2) Title Index – 3) Cremation Book Index |
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | Most data created in-house. |
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | Press Act A.D.2007 |
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | CIP and pre publication records included in national bibliographic services. |
Media & format options |
Printed books: 1976-2000 CD-ROM: PDF format (2001 to date) |
Access options to national bibliographic metadata | Web catalogue and Z39.50 |
Metadata enhancements offered via online services | Table of contents |
Web 2.0 services offered | – |
Frequency of service updates | Monthly |
Target audiences for services | For public, publishers, and book trade. |
Uses made of services offered | Notification of publications, acquisition/selection,source of catalogue records. |
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | National bibliography operate for free basis (via Internet access CD-ROM and file). |
Availability of metadata for re-use | All national bibliographic metadata released into the public domain without restriction. |
Metadata formats | USMARC |
Cataloguing code | AACR2 |
Levels of description offered | ISBD |
Subject standards | DDC, LCSH and Thai Subject Heading |
Name authority standards | National Library of Thailand |
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? | Yes. |
Date information submitted | October 2010 |
Information supplied by | Ms.Navarat Panyangam |