| Title | The Turkish National Bibliography |
| Web site address | http://www.millikutuphane.gov.tr/page/Bibliyografyalar |
| Start date | began 1928 |
| Current size | 2.070.649 |
| Media covered | Books, periodicals, newspapers, audio recordings, microforms, notated music, brochures, government documents, theses, training sets, video recordings, maps and electronic documents |
| General selection criteria | It includes the first issue of books, non-book materials and periodicals produced in Türkiye or produced by Turkish authors abroad and published elsewhere, but which have special information or importance for Türkiye. |
| Selection criteria for digital resources | It has the same criteria with printed resources. Digital resources are selected using the same criteria for printed resources. |
| Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | The National Library of Türkiye |
| Web site address of national bibliographic agency | http://www.millikutuphane.gov.tr |
| Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | The National Library of Türkiye is responsible for bibliographic control. |
| Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies | Until the beginning of 2000’s, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts was published by the National Library of Türkiye. |
| Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | Data created within the National Library of Türkiye. |
| Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | Establishment of the Bibliography Institute with the Law No. 5632 dated March 23, 1950, Supplement to the Law on the Establishment of the National Library Law No. 6279 on Legal Deposit of Reproduced Intellectual and Artistic Works dated February 29, 2012 Presidential Decree, No. 30474, dated July 10, 2018. |
| Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | There is no national CIP programme. However, the catalogue records entered into “Kaşif”, the National Library’s automation program, are used in the bibliography. |
| Form of publication used for the national bibliography | Previously available on printed format and CD, it has been available on the web since 2017. |
| Access options to national bibliographic metadata: | Web catalogue |
| Online access options | None of them (MARC File of the metadata in the web catalogue can be downloaded). |
| Formats & media available for delivery of record sets from the national bibliography | All of them |
| Metadata enhancements offered via online services | All data of national bibliographies are updated online in monthly period. |
| Frequency of service updates | Monthly |
| Target audiences for services | Researchers |
| Uses made of services offered | Interlibrary loan, acquisition and selection of publications by libraries |
| Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | Non-profit |
| Under what conditions may the metadata be re-used for other products? | It is open to the public without any restriction. |
| Metadata formats | MARC21 and Dublin Core |
| Cataloguing rules or code | AACR2, until 2022 RDA, after 2022 |
| Levels of description offered | Full |
| Subject standards | Dewey Decimal Classification (Turkish Translation of the 20th Edition), 297 ISC (Islamic Classification Scheme) |
| Classification | National Subject Headings |
| Is NBA a member of the Bibliography Section? | Yes |
| Date information submitted | August 07, 2024 |
| Information supplied by | The National Library of Türkiye, Bibliography Department |
| Contact email | [email protected] |