The Indian National Bibliography: today and tomorrow

dc.audienceAudience::Audience::Bibliography Section
dc.conference.sessionTypeBibliography
dc.contributor.authorAhas, Shahina P.
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Swapna
dc.contributor.translatorRucio Zamorano, María José
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-24T08:02:31Z
dc.date.available2025-09-24T08:02:31Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractA National Bibliography reflects cultural heritage of the nation and preserves it for the future generation. It also plays a major tool for national bibliographic control. Government of India entrusted Central Reference Library (CRL), Kolkata, Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture, to publish the Indian National Bibliography (INB), an authoritative bibliographical record of current Indian publications. INB is unique when compared with other National bibliographies since 14 languages come under one umbrella. This article analyses the role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in contributing to the INB to reach its present position. Also discusses about the problems faced in alphabetical arrangement of INB, while integrating Indian language scripts having the heterogeneous characteristics in one sequence. In the initial stage CDAC’s GIST technology was used for entering the language records. Now INB records are entered using UNICODE and follow the MARC 21 standards. As per the guidelines of International Conference on National Bibliographic Services (ICNBS) 1998, CRL started to record the bibliographic details in the original script of the document and transliterated all the fields for the National Bibliography. Thus Central Reference Library is in a position to publish INB in Roman script as well as 14 language bibliographies in their language scripts simultaneously after the implementation of UNICODE compliant software. This article also discusses the poor coverage and lack of comprehensiveness of Indian National Bibliography, the measures to improve its coverage, and need for strengthening the Delivery of Books Act (D. B. Act) of India. The authors try to examine the Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme in India and the need for the collaboration with INB.en
dc.description.abstractLa Bibliografía Nacional refleja la herencia cultural de una nación y la preserva para las generaciones futuras. Además es la herramienta fundamental para el control bibliográfico nacional. El Gobierno de la India confió a la Central Reference Library (CRL) de Kolkata, Gobierno de la India, Ministerio de Cultura, la publicación de la Bibliografía Nacional India (BNI), un registro bibliográfico autorizado de las publicaciones indias en curso. La BNI es única si se la compara con otras bibliografías nacionales porque 14 lenguas están bajo un único cobijo. Este artículo analiza la función de la Tecnología de la Información y de la Comunicación (TIC) en su contribución a que la BNI haya alcanzado su situación actual. También debate los problemas a los que hacer frente en la ordenación alfabética de la BNI, al integrar en una sola secuencia las escrituras de la lengua india, que presentan características heterogéneas. En la etapa inicial del CBAC la tecnología GIST se utilizó para incorporar los registros de lengua. Ahora los registros de la BNI se integran utilizando UNICODE y siguen la norma MARC21. Según las pautas de la Conferencia Internacional sobre los Servicios de la Bibliografía Nacional (ICNBS) de 1998, la CRL comenzó a integrar registros bibliográficos en la escritura original del documento y transliteró todos los campos para la Bibliografía Nacional. De este modo la Central Reference Library (CRL) está en condiciones de publicar simultáneamente la BNI en caracteres latinos así como las bibliografías en 14 lenguas en sus propios caracteres, después de la implantación de un software compatible con UNICODE. Este artículo también analiza la baja cobertura y la falta de exhaustividad de la Bibliografía Nacional India, las medidas para mejorar su cobertura, y la necesidad de consolidar la Delivery of Books Act (D. B. Act) de la India. Los autores tratan de examinar el programa de Catalogación en Publicación (CEP) en la India y la necesidad de colaboración con la BNI.es
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dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Unported
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject.jitaInformation treatment for information services::Cataloging, bibliographic control
dc.subject.keywordIndian National Bibliography
dc.subject.keywordDelivery of Books Act
dc.subject.keywordStandardization
dc.subject.keywordMultilingualism
dc.subject.keywordCataloguing-in-publication Programme
dc.titleThe Indian National Bibliography: today and tomorrowen
dc.titleLa Bibliografía Nacional India: hoy y mañanaes
dc.typeArticle
ifla.UnitSection:Bibliography Section
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