Bibliographic Standards

Standards Development - The British Library contributes to the development of national and international standards, including the MARC21 format, and contributes to EC initiatives and other research projects. The complete UKMARC Manual and the UKMARC Exchange Record Format are also available online.

The National Bibliography - The National Bibliography is a record of the nation's publishing output. It is a resource for scholarship and information retrieval, and aids libraries and book buyers in the selection, acquisition and cataloguing of UK and Irish publications.

Bibliographic Products and Services - The British Library provides bibliographic data services by which its catalogue records are made available to the information community for use under licence. Full details of licensing arrangements are available in our Data Licensing section. A wide range of printed bibliographic publications is also produced from these catalogue records.

International Standard Serial Number - The British Library is the UK national centre for ISSN.

UK National Agency for MARC Organisation Codes - The British Library assigns MARC organisation codes for UK institutions.

UK National Agency for the ISIL - The British Library assigns International Standard Identifiers for Libraries and related organisations.

The British Library, MARC 21 and UKMARC - Information about British Library Exchange data services following the Library's implementation of MARC 21 as its cataloguing format.

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For further information please contact:

The British Library
Bibliographic Development
Boston Spa, Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
United Kingdom

Tel: + 44 (0) 1937 546548
Fax: + 44 (0) 1937 546586
Email: bd-info@bl.uk