Introduction to the development of the National Bibliographic Knowledgebase. Presented at the CIG Scotland seminar 'Resource Discovery : from catalogues to discovery services' at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 21st March 2018

1. Bethan Ruddock, NBK project manager, Jisc
CIGS event: Resource Discovery: from catalogues to discovery services, 21 March 2018
Where did you come from, where
will you go? Bibliographic data
and union catalogues.
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2. A new, bigger union catalogue
The National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK) will
aggregate bibliographic data at scale and link with a
number of other data sources to inform library collection
management decisions and to help users more effectively
find, access and use print and digital scholarly resources.
We aim to include data from over 200 UK HE, research,
and specialist libraries, and are accepting data now and
into 2019, with the services going live in 2019.
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3. Uses of a union catalogue
Resource discovery
Open access
Inter-library loan
Cataloguing
Collection
management/development
The ‘national monograph
collection’
Research – on the dataset
Back-up for contributors
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5. How do we make a union catalogue?
»Source the records
› A physical union catalogue
»Tidy them up
› bye bye UKMARC
»Deduplicate/consolidate
»Interfaces
› Resource discovery
› Collection management
› Cataloguing
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6. Deduplicating records
One is chosen as the base
record, and content added
from other matched records.
Original records are retained,
indexed, and viewable.
»What do we match on?
› Important for collection
management
› Not static – we refine and
improve
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More detail:
https://blog.copac.jisc.ac.uk/2017/10/27/creating-
copac-matching-diverse-data/

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12. In-house vs union catalogues
»What works in-house might not work for a union
catalogue
› Are you making local accommodations?
»Standards vs what actually works in practice
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13. Metadata for: resource discovery
Known item searching
»Author variants
»Title variants
»Transliterations
Unknown item searching
»Subjects
»Classifications
»Abstracts
»Tables of contents
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“Usual” bibliographic data, plus
Plus holdings information

14. Metadata for: open access discovery
Resource discovery, plus:
»Is it OA?
› Source
› OA ‘flag’?
»Does the metadata match sufficiently with non-OA
versions for it to consolidate?
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15. Metadata for: inter-library loan
Resource discovery, plus
»Holdings information
»ILL codes
»Loan status
»Loan category
»Conservation status
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16. Metadata for: cataloguing
»RDA?
»Correct indicators
»Correct punctuation
»Which classification scheme?
»Any ‘added value’ data?
» Any local data?
»Record source? Can I reuse it?
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17. Metadata for: collection management/development
»Holdings
information
»Conservation status
»Retention status
»Item status
› missing?
»Format
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18. Metadata for: the ‘national collection’
As for collection
management/development,
plus
»Things to be decided – by
the community
»There are gaps and our
picture is incomplete
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19. Metadata for: research on the dataset
All the above, but
especially (eg)
»Publisher
»Place of publication
»Year of publication
»Series
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20. So what actually is high-quality metadata?
»It depends…
› On the use
› On the source
› On the library
› On the context
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21. Can we make it better?
Community data
groups
»Looking at:
› Standards
› Systems and
suppliers
› Tools
› Toolkit
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22. jisc.ac.uk
Except where otherwise noted, this work
is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
Bethan Ruddock, NBK project manager
bethan.ruddock@jisc.ac.uk
nbk.copac@jisc.ac.uk
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/nati
onal-bibliographic-knowledgebase
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23. Image credits
Slide 1 Black Sea from BL Royal 20 E IX, f. 19v - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126282626.html. Jean Rotz. The British Library
- http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=42392. Public Domain - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 2 (ca) A daring climb to get a marvelloos view. Mont Blanc from the Brevent. Justificació del títol, títol inscrit American Stereoscopic Company -
http://europeana.eu/portal/record/2024914/photography_ProvidedCHO_Ajuntament_de_Girona_349949.html. (ca) Desconegut. Ajuntament de Girona -
http://sgdap.girona.cat/fotoweb/archives/5002/Arxiu_Municipal_1/FOTOGRAFIA/Col-leccio_MuseuCinema/Estereoscopiques/Paper/349949.jpg. Public Domain -
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 3 Map of the world from BL Royal 20 B XII, ff. 4v-5 - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126314301.html. Jean Mallard. The
British Library - http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=37869. Public Domain -
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 4 https://twitter.com/SOASLibrary/status/973172335074299906
Slide 5 agricultural from "Gately's World's Progress. A general history of the earth's construction and of the advancement of mankind ... Edited by C. E. Beale. Édition
de luxe" - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200387/BibliographicResource_3000117246321.html. The British Library -
https://flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11306459124. Public Domain - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 6 owl from "The Illustrated London Reading Books ... Third edition, with additions and corrections" -
http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200387/BibliographicResource_3000117246014.html. The British Library - https://flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11231219815.
Public Domain - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 12 bokägarmärke, exlibris - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/91658/MM_objekt_161559.html. Petterssen, Karl. Malmö museer -
http://carlotta.malmo.se/carlotta-mmus/web/object/161559. CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
Slide 13 (fr) LOUIS VERT - PARIS - LA GRANDE LUNETTE, PLACE DE LA BASTILLE -
http://europeana.eu/portal/record/2024913/photography_ProvidedCHO_Parisienne_de_Photographie_24925_8.html. (fr) LOUIS VERT (1865-1924). Parisienne de
Photographie - http://www.roger-viollet.fr/resultatDetail.aspx?CYPK=9E1D062A40BC7E09F308F06BBF917D43. Public Domain -
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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24. Image credits
Slide 14 England from "Chester and its Environs illustrated. Drawn and engraved by J. Romney. With historical descriptions by a citizen. pt. 1" -
http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200387/BibliographicResource_3000117244716.html. The British Library - https://flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11231241006.
Public Domain - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 15 books from "Goethe's Italienische Reise. Mit 318 Illustrationen ... von J. von Kahle. Eingeleitet von ... H. Düntzer" -
http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200387/BibliographicResource_3000117241770.html. The British Library - https://flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11306901875.
Public Domain - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 16 Detail: Donatus from BL Arundel 43, f. 80v - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126280480.html. Sedulius Scotus. The
British Library - http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=5025. Public Domain -
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/#
Slide 17 (nl) Een tuinman bekijkt zijn lelies; Leven van Maria in emblemen - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/90402/RP_P_OB_4921.html. RM0001.PEOPLE.4324;
RM0001.PEOPLE.12449. Rijksmuseum - http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/RP-P-OB-4921. Public Domain - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 18 (eng) The Ladies Travelling Fan, of England and Wales - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/2048213/item_O133290.html. Victoria and Albert Museum -
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133290. CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Slide 19 http://europeana.eu/portal/record/2058401/_providedCHO_b476b773_bef1_c6d4_73ec_5e518a34def5.html. National Media Museum, United Kingdom -
http://www.daguerreobase.org/type/b476b773-bef1-c6d4-73ec-5e518a34def5. Public Domain - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Slide 20 Roslin Glass Slides; Roslin Glass Slides - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/9200272/BibliographicResource_3000135328685.html. Unknown. University of
Edinburgh - http://images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/UoEgal~6~6~145140~109667. CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Slide 21 (eng) Ship's Company - http://europeana.eu/portal/record/2048213/item_O1155822.html. John Drysdale (Photographer). Victoria and Albert Museum -
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1155822. CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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