A national bibliography is a systematic
bibliography
Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliograph ...
of acquisitions of a
national library
A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public library, public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, ...
. Most countries either have a national bibliography or are in the process of compiling one. Some countries that do not have a national bibliography of their own participate in larger, , such as the
Arab Bulletin of Publications, the
CARICOM Bibliography,
Bibliografía Actual del Caribe,
Boletin Bibliografico
Boletin (; sr-Cyrl, Бољетин) is a village in the municipality of Zvečan, Zveçan, Kosovo. It is solely inhabited by Kosovo Albanians.
Isa Boletini, an iconic Albanian nationalism, Albanian nationalist and significant military leader o ...
, or the
South Pacific Bibliography.
Current national bibliographies
Notes
See also
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National Bibliography Number
National Bibliography Number (NBN) is a group of publication identifier systems used for national bibliographies by national libraries in countries such as Germany, Italy, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands and Sweden. There is no global standard ...
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Universal Short Title Catalogue
References
Further reading
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*UNESCO.''Conference on the improvement of bibliographical services: general report'', UNESCO, Paris, 1950.
*UNESCO. ''International Congress on National Bibliographies: final report,'' UNESCO, Paris, 1978
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External links
National Bibliographic Registerat
(IFLA)
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Bibliography
National libraries