Spanish Bibliography
| Title | Bibliografía Española (The Spanish Bibliography) |
| Web site address | http://www.bne.es/en/Servicios/BibliografiaEspanola/ |
| Start date | Began 1959 |
| Period covered | Printed: 1958-2006 CD-ROM: 1976-2007 On-line: 2007 to date |
| Current size | On line database: 206,250 CD-ROM: 1,222,500 |
| Media covered | Monographs, serials, cartography and printed music (electronic and printed) |
| General selection criteria | Includes Spanish publishing output received by the National Library of Spain under the Legal Deposit Act |
| Selection criteria for digital resources | The coverage of the Spanish Bibliography includes direct access electronic resource received under Legal Deposit but not on-line resource. Including on line resource is in progress |
| Exclusions policies applied | The Spanish Bibliography excludes school books for children and primary school and minor publications |
| Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | The National Library of Spain is responsible for the national bibliographic control, it is the national bibliographic agency (NBA) |
| Web site address of national bibliographic agency | http://www.bne.es/es/LaBNE/ http://www.bne.es/es/Servicios/ |
| Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | There is no a co-operative structure for national bibliography |
| Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies | The Spanish Bibliography is a single publication with different types of materials organized in separate files |
| Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | The source to produce NB is data created in-house: bibliographic records of the National Library of Spain (NLS) |
| Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | Material included in the Spanish Bibliography is received by the National Library of Spain under Legal Deposit law. Printers are obliged by law to send copies of all new printed publications |
| Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | There is no CIP programme in the National Library of Spain No pre publication records |
| Media & format options | The Spanish Bibliography is available in the following formats: * Printed 1958-2006 replaced by PDF version 2007- to date * CD-ROM 1976-2007 * MARC exchange file |
| Access options to national bibliographic metadata | Web catalogue and Spanish Bibliography on line, Z39.50 |
| Metadata enhancements offered via online services | Table of contents and book jackets, project with some universities is now beginning to develop |
| Web 2.0 services offered | - |
| Frequency of service updates | The Spanish Bibliography on line updates: Monographs (monthly), Serials (quarterly), Printed music (annually) and Cartography (biannually) |
| Target audiences for services | Librarian professionals in general, scientific researches, members of the public and book trade |
| Uses made of services offered | Acquisition/selection, derived cataloguing and regional and thematic bibliographies |
| Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | Spanish Bibliography on line operate on a free basis |
| Availability of metadata for re-use | Spanish Bibliography metadata is released for free into the public domain without restriction (except for profit business) |
| Metadata formats | MARC21 |
| Cataloguing code | Reglas de Catalogación (RdC) Spanish cataloguing rules, ICP |
| Levels of description offered | ISBD, RdC Level 2 |
| Subject standards | UDC, Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca Nacional de España (EMBNE) |
| Name authority standards | RdC / GARR |
| Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? | Yes |
| Date information submitted | February 2010 |
| Information supplied by | Francisca Movilla López Chief of Spanish Bibliography Sectión National Libray of Spain |