The Library (and Book) Industry
As with most industries, there is an array of standards, technology, terminology and specialist vendors. We have provided some useful links for these categories - all of which are embodied at Books Asia. For specific terminology used to describe books, take a browse through our Glossary of Book Terms.
Bibliographics
National Acquisitions Group (NAG) - Servicing Guidelines
ISBN Users Manual
Dewey Decimal Classification System (OCLC)
International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
Marc21
Library of Congress - Marc21 Guidelines
Library of Congress - Marc21 Tags
Library of Congress - Marc21 Language Codes
Library of Congress - Marc21 Country of Origin Codes
UKMarc
The British Library - UKMarc Manual
The British Library - UKMarc Tags
The British Library - Moving to Marc21
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
The Dublin Core : Making Information Work
Library Services
The Library of Congress - Cataloging Tools, Documentation
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Book Industry Communication (BIC)
System Vendors
Axiell DS Galaxy
SrsiDynix Unicorn
Innovative Millennium
Talis
BiblioMondo Concerto
Intellident - RFID Solutions