Country:Norway
Title of the bibliography:Nasjonalbibliografien / The Norwegian National Bibliography
Bibliography website address (URL):https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?vid=BIBLIOGRAFI
Organisation responsible for the bibliography:National Library of Norway
Organisation website address (URL):https://www.nb.no/
Contact for bibliography queries:[email protected]
When was the bibliography first established:1848
Approximately, how many records are in the bibliography:Approximately 1.5 million records
What is the date range for records included in the bibliography:1540 to date
How is the bibliography published:Online webpage, Integrated with library catalogue
Are separate bibliographies published for different subject/format categories:

If so, please describe the varying bibliographies published.

Norsk filmografi (https://www.nb.no/filmografi/ ) is published separately.
What are the general selection criteria that define the scope of the bibliography according to Geography:Works published in the country, Works about the country published abroad, Works published abroad in the national language, Translations of national works published abroad
What are the general selection criteria that define the scope of the bibliography according to author nationality:Works by national authors published in the country, Works by national authors published abroad, Works by foreign authors published in the country
What type of resources are included in the bibliography:Books (print), Books (electronic), Books (digitized), Journals (print), Journals (electronic), Journals (digitized), Maps (print), Maps (electronic), Maps (digitized), Sheet music (print), Sheet music (electronic), Sheet music (digitized), Government publications (print), Government publications (electronic), Government publications (digitized), Dissertations/Theses (print), Dissertations/Theses (electronic), Dissertations/Theses (digitized), Conference proceedings (print), Conference proceedings (electronic), Conference proceedings (digitized), Sound recordings, film
Deposit arrangements: Statutory legal deposit
What type of resources have legal deposit requirements:Books (print), Books (electronic), Books (digitized), Journals (print), Journals (electronic), Journals (digitized), Maps (print), Maps (electronic), Maps (digitized), Sheet music (print), Sheet music (electronic), Sheet music (digitized), Ephemera (print) pamphlets etc., Ephemera (electronic) pamphlets etc., Ephemera (digitized) pamphlets etc., Government publications (print), Government publications (electronic), Government publications (digitized), Dissertations/Theses (print), Dissertations/Theses (electronic), Dissertations/Theses (digitized), Conference proceedings (print), Conference proceedings (electronic), Conference proceedings (digitized), Not Applicable, Sound recordings, film
What cooperative relationships are in place to support the production of data for the bibliography:ISBN/ISSN/ISMN/ISNI agencies, Other libraries/cataloguing agencies
Who else can access the bibliography:Other libraries and information agencies, Library patrons, Members of the public, Vendors/Suppliers, Publishers, Researchers
Do you know how others use the bibliography:Advance notification of publications, Acquisition/selection activities, Co-operative cataloguing, Retrospective conversion, Resource sharing (interlibrary loans), Understanding national publishing output
Does the national bibliography operate for:Gratis
What metadata format are records created in the bibliography:MARC21
What levels of description does the bibliography offer:Full, Core, Minimal
How can records be searched/retrieved in the bibliography:SRU/SRW, OAI-PMH
What metadata format are records exchanged in the bibliography:MARC21
What cataloguing rules are used to describe resources in the bibliography:RDA
What classification schemes are used to classify resources in the bibliography:DDC
What subject indexing schemes are used for subject analysis in the bibliography:National and local vocabularies
What authority control formats are used in the bibliographyMARC21 Format for Authority Data
What name authority standards or name authority files are used in the bibliography:GARR
What Identifiers are available in the bibliography:ISBN, ISSN, ISNI, ISMN, ISRC, ISWC, ORCID ID, URN, DOI
How often is the bibliography updated:Continuously
Does the bibliography also operate a Cataloguing In Publication (CIP) programme:No
Are there any major changes planned for the bibliography:No
If major changes are planned for the bibliography, please describe: 
Name of the person submitting this form: Hilde Høgås
Contact email for the person submitting this form:[email protected]