Serials Cataloguing in Germany: The Historical Development

Misinformation and Bias in Metadata Processing: Matching in Large Databases

“…For instance, the PICA Bibliotekssystem, which hosts the Dutch Union Catalog, used the Prussian cataloging rules, which tended to focus on title entries. 22 The switch to the RAK was made by the early nineties. 23 5.…”

Recent Developments Concerning the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), the German Union Catalogue of Serials

“…Today's ZDB (both the cataloguing database and the OPAC) developed from a printed union catalogue. 9 The primary goals of the ZDB are the provision of library holdings data within individual lending regions, the guaranteed provision of scientific literature, the steering of inter-lending, and controlling labour costs through shared cataloguing. For these reasons, the focus has been on comprehensive bibliographic information and a standardised mode of presentation as well as a combination of print and microfiche issues, on the one hand; and on a separate, aggregator-neutral record for remotely accessible electronic resources, on the other hand.…”