LIBRIS (Library Information System) is a
Swedish national
union catalogue
A union catalog is a combined library catalog describing the collections of a number of libraries. Union catalogs have been created in a range of media, including book format, microform, cards and more recently, networked electronic databases. Pri ...
maintained by the
National Library of Sweden
The National Library of Sweden (, ''KB'', meaning "the Royal Library") is Sweden's national library. It collects and preserves all domestic printed and audio-visual materials in Swedish, as well as content with Swedish association published ab ...
in
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
.
It is possible to freely search about 6.5 million titles nationwide.
In addition to bibliographic records, one for each book or publication, LIBRIS also contains an
authority file
In information science, authority control is a process that organizes information, for example in library catalogs, by using a single, distinct spelling of a name (heading) or an identifier (generally Persistent identifier, persistent and Alpha ...
of people. For each person there is a record connecting name, birth and occupation with a unique identifier.
The
MARC Code for the Swedish Union Catalog is SE-LIBR, normalized: selibr.
The development of LIBRIS can be traced to the mid-1960s.
While rationalization of libraries had been an issue for two decades after World War II, it was in 1965 that a government committee published a report on the use of computers in research libraries. The government budget of 1965 created a research library council (''Forskningsbiblioteksrådet'', FBR). A preliminary design document, ''Biblioteksadministrativt Information System (BAIS)'' was published in May 1970, and the name LIBRIS, short for Library Information System, was used for a technical subcommittee that started on 1 July 1970. The newsletter ''LIBRIS-meddelanden'' () has been published since 1972 and is online since 1997.
See also
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Swedish library classification system The Swedish library classification system, (), or SAB system (''SAB-systemet'') is a library classification system for use in many public, school, and research libraries in Sweden. It primarily classifies books but is also used for other media, such ...
References
External links
* (select "In English" from the top menu, default language is Swedish)
Open Data Information about LIBRIS bibliographic records and authority file as open data, 3 April 2012.
{{Authority control
Libraries in Sweden
Library cataloging and classification