National Bibliography of Korea
Title | The National Bibliography of Korea |
Web site address |
http://nl.go.kr/nation (Korean) http://www.nl.go.kr/english/index.jsp (English) |
Start date | Began 1963 |
Period covered | 1945 to date |
Current size | Over 4 million records |
Media covered | Printed materials, audiovisual materials, electronic materials etc |
General selection criteria | All the materials acquired under legal deposit to the National Library of Korea and registered materials from major organizations in Korea are subject to the National Bibliography of Korea. |
Selection criteria for digital resources | Electronic books acquired under e-legal deposit, or purchased, donated ones are subject to the National Bibliography of Korea. |
Exclusions policies applied | None |
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | The National Library of Korea |
Web site address of national bibliographic agency | http://nl.go.kr/nation |
Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | The National Bibliography of Korea is created in partnership with ‘Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS)’ and ‘Book Trade Promotion (BTP)’ |
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies | The National Bibliography of Korea is a single integrated system. |
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | Data created in-house |
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | All the publications published or produced in Korea should be submitted to the National Library of Korea by law. Therefore all the materials acquired under legal deposit to the National Library of Korea are subject to the National Bibliography of Korea. |
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | There is no relationship to CIP programme. |
Media & format options |
Available in EPUB/PDF format on the National Library of Korea website and separate online searching program is provided apart from website. |
Access options to national bibliographic metadata | None |
Metadata enhancements offered via online services | None |
Web 2.0 services offered | None |
Frequency of service updates | Annual |
Target audiences for services | Public |
Uses made of services offered | Derived cataloguing |
Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | Free |
Availability of metadata for re-use | All the bibliographic and authority records are available without restriction |
Metadata formats | KORMARC, MODS |
Cataloguing code | KCR4, RDA |
Levels of description offered | KCR4 |
Subject standards | KDC5 |
Name authority standards | KAC |
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? | Yes, Bibliographic Control Division has representatives in IFLA Bibliography Section, Classification and Indexing Section |