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Objective 1: The German National
Library is to expand its use of external
data substantially by 2016, especially
for sound recordings and grey litera-
ture.
2014
Procedures are to be developed for re-using
catalogue data from the German-speaking library
networks.
Processes are to be developed for using external
data for acquisition purposes.
The import and update processes are to be refned
for data from the MVB Marketing- und Verlagsser-
vice des Buchhandels GmbH.
Objective 2: The technology and me-
thods of automatic indexing should
be developed and expanded to include
further types and groups of publica-
tions by 2016.
2014
Short Dewey Decimal Classifcation no-
tations are to be issued automatically for medical
online university publications.
The automatic issuing of subject headings for
German online university publications is to be
introduced and expanded to include further online
publications.
The automatic generation of descriptive catalogu-
ing data from title pages based on structure recog-
nition is to be tested on university publications.
Expansion to include other types of publication is
to be tested.
Work is to start on improving the automatic link-
ing of bibliographic data to name authority data
and the removal of duplicate name authority data
records.
2015
The automatic issuing of subject classes is
to be extended to monographs printed in German
and English with digital tables of content.
The automatic issuing of subject classes is to be
expanded to include digital journal articles.
The automatic issuing of subject headings is to be
extended in a model project to include printed
German monographs with digitised tables of con-
tent and digital journal articles.
A concept for maintaining the Integrated Author-
ity File based on the automatic issue of subject
headings is to be developed.
The expanded transfer of existing descriptive and
subject cataloguing data is to be extended to other
versions of a work.
2016
Indexing quality of at least 80% correct as-
signment is to be ensured in the automatic issuing
of subject classes and classifcation.
A system for the automatic indexing of English
publications is to be developed.
Objective 3: By 2016, the German
National Library should be taking a
leading role in adapting the library
information infrastructure standards
(cataloguing codes, basic cataloguing
principles, data formats) to the needs
of digital production.
2013
A strategic plan for opening the Integrated
Authority File up for cooperation with non-library
partners is to be drafted.
The German National Library is to carry out an in-
ternal project to actively support the international
BIBFRAME Initiative of the Library of Congress.
2014
Work is to begin on creating a lean code
for indexing in conjunction with the partners of
the German National Library.
The German National Library is to continue its
active involvement in the BIBFRAME Initiative.
2015
The Resource Description and Access
(RDA) standard is to be implemented in the
existing systems in collaboration with all library
networks. First steps are to be taken along the path
towards complete identifer-based interlinking of all
entities.
Objective 4: The German National
Library should pursue an active com-
munication strategy with regard to its
cataloguing policy.
2013
The plan for subject cataloguing is to be
published.
2013 – 2016
Each year, progress reports on the
cataloguing-related developments and projects of
the German National Library are to be published
and presented in articles in German and interna-
tional specialist journals and in talks, posters and
workshops at national and international conferen-
ces and congresses.
Strategic Priority 2
The German
National Library
should increase the
use of automatic
data acquisition for
cataloguing and in-
dexing its holdings.
Bibliographic indexing of media publications based on de-
scriptive and content-based criteria is the core activity of
the cataloguing division. This task involves developing, co-
ordinating and laying down the relevant rules, plus testing
and implementing new and automatic processes.
More than 180,000 volumes were catalogued in 2012;
these were supplemented by a rapidly growing collection of
online publications which now number more than one mil-
lion documents and are set to grow considerably in terms
of their breadth and diversity. The German National Library
will only be able to meet its future bibliographic cataloguing
obligations if it explores new cataloguing methods, expands
its national and international partnerships and opens itself
to working with new partners and their services. The Li-
brary itself offers an attractive range of services in the form
of innovative instruments, such as the Integrated Authority
File, which contains roughly ten million entries.