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Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services (COBISS.SI)
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
Slovenian Research Agency
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University of Maribor
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Location
Presernova 17, Maribor, PO: 2000 (Slovenia)
Structure
Type Of RI
Single-sited
Coordinating Country
Slovenia
Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational
since 1991
Scientific Description
COBISS.SI represents an organisational model of joining Slovenian libraries into a uniform library information system with shared cataloguing, the COBIB shared bibliographic database, i.e. union catalogue, and local bibliographic databases of participating libraries, the COLIB database on libraries, the CONOR authority database, and with a number of other functions of the so-called virtual library. Functioning of the system is preconditioned by:Standardised and shared processing of library materials as well as a uniform management of catalogues and bibliographies;Adequately skilled cataloguers;Linking of libraries via computer and communications network.
RI Keywords
Shared catalogue, Virtual library, Library network, Library functions, Library, OPAC, Library information system, Holdings, Bibliography, Circulation, Bibliographic database, Online catalogue, Authority database, Interlibrary loan
Classifications
RI Category
Research Libraries
Registers and Survey-led Studies/Databases
Research Archives
Complex Data Facilities
Research Data Service Facilities
Repositories
Research Bibliographies
Data Archives, Data Repositories and Collections
Registers and Survey-led Studies/Databases
Research Archives
Complex Data Facilities
Research Data Service Facilities
Repositories
Research Bibliographies
Data Archives, Data Repositories and Collections
Scientific Domain
Information Science and Technology
Social Sciences
Humanities and Arts
Social Sciences
Humanities and Arts
Services
Bibliographies
Bibliographies of authors, producers, artists etc.
Most Read Books
Daily statistics of the most frequent circulated books.
Information Retrieval
Public available ALL meta data of over 430 slovenian libraries' repositories, incl materials availability, loaning status, reservation possibilities etc.
Equipment
Information servers
Virtual and physical computer and data storage systems.
Date of last update: 06/06/2013