A new model for integration of bibliographic records: the Digital Bibliography for Dutch History.
In the project Digitale Bibliografie Nederlandse Geschiedenis the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of The Netherlands, and the Institute for Dutch History (Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis) have worked together to build a new search facility for literature on Dutch history. Compared to existing search facilities that enable federated searches it is innovative because of the integration model that has been applied. Bibliographic records from a number of different databases are deduplicated, and unique information from each database is integrated into one single record. The existing functionality of the database of origin is saved and the databases remain intact.
How does it work? The selected records from the databases are copied into a central index, at which point the process of deduplication and integration takes place. The central index is built and maintained by OCLC-PICA and has the same search and retrieval possibilities as other OCLC-PICA services. However, KB and ING have built their own search engine, which enables us to present the results in our own desired format and offer search and sorting options that are beyond standard.
Other issues covered in this paper will be automated conversion of keywords, using the SRU-protocol for search and retrieval, safeguarding the academic level of supplied information and (inter)national cooperation between providers of information systems.
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