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National Policy Profile (NPP)

Italy


National programmes for digitisation




Programme Name

SERVIZIO BIBLIOTECARIO NAZIONALE (SBN)

  • Responsible body
  • Coordinating body
  • Others
  • Contact
  • Web site
  • Objectives and priorities

The National Library Service (SBN) is the Italian library network created by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities). Objectives: shared cataloguing, access to documents, locations of documents and automated interlibrary loans.

  • Source of funding and budget

Public funding - Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities

  • Duration

unlimited

  • Sectors of content holders

Libraries

  • The standards used/recommended

ISBD, UNIMARC, Z.39.50
BIB-1, CIMI and Dublin Core attribute sets; Record
Syntax: SUTRS, UNIMARC, USMARC, GRS.1, XML;
Explain-Lite; Item Order (profile 2). ISO-ILL 10160-10161.

  • Results and statistics

At december 2002 in SBN there are:
51 local-nodes of libraries
1.828 libraries
7.441.908 titles
2.082.127 authors
17.865.842 localizations of monographs
747.833 localizations of serials

  • Indicators for monitoring
  • Impacts
  • Long term sustainability strategy
  • Exploitation plan
  • Problems encountered
  • Comments
  • Figures and documents enclosed
  • related policy

Policy for Libraries

  • related programmes
  • additional information about on-going activity

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Programme Name

BIBLIOTECA DIGITALE ITALIANA (BDI)

  • Responsible body

Direzione Generale per i Beni Librari e gli Istituti Culturali

  • Coordinating body

National Committee

  • Others
  • Contact

Luciano Scala

  • Web site

 

  • Objectives and priorities

Access to cultural heritage
Preservation of cultural heritage
Maintenance and management of electronic resources

  • Source of funding and budget

Public funding - Ministry for Cultural Heritage - 5Me€

  • Duration

3 years (2001-2003)

  • Sectors of content holders

libraries

  • The standards used/recommended

Dublin Core metadata set, ISBD, UNIMARC

  • Results and statistics
  • Indicators for monitoring
  • Impacts
  • Long term sustainability strategy
  • Exploitation plan
  • Problems encountered
  • Comments
  • Figures and documents enclosed
  • related policy

Policy for Libraries

  • related programmes
  • additional information about on-going activity

 

   




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