COBIB.SI: increment of bibliographic records in 2017

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The article presents the analysis of the annual increment of bibliographic records in COBIB.SI in 2017. According to the data as of 31 December 2017, 174,995 new bibliographic records were created in COBIB.SI in 2017; the data collected during 2017 (n = 171,273) is analysed. The data on bibliographic and authority records downloaded from other databases is included, e.g. from WorldCat (OCLC), ISSN Register (International Standard Serial Number), Online Catalogue of the Library of Congress and Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF). The annual increment was by 3.6% smaller than in the previous year. Most records (27.4%) were created in the first trimester. When referring to working days, most records were created on Wednesday, 11 January (n = 995). In 2017, records were contributed to COBIB.SI by 585 cataloguers from 253 libraries.

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