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31. 12. 2014

The improvement of the COMARC format as a result of the expanding COBISS.Net network

Nadia Karachodjukova

The article describes the process of library automation in the Bulgarian National Library and the conversion of the records in their databases into the COMARC format and lists the reasons why COBISS software was chosen by the National Library of Bulgaria and other Bulgarian libraries. It also mentions the need to expand the COMARC format due to countries with different cataloguing practices participating in the COBISS.Net project.

31. 12. 2014

Cataloguing

Vzajemna katalogizacija v okolju dveh pisav

Gordana Mazić

COBISS is a synonym for autonomous library information systems, used in Slovenia and in the countries of the South-Western Balkans for over 20 years. With the aim of faster exchange of bibliographic records in the region, these countries signed an agreement on the establishment of the COBISS.Net network in 2003.

31. 12. 2014

Cataloguing

Reaching decisions and adjusting: RDA and OCLC

Jay Weitz

Resource Description and Access (RDA), the successor to the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR), has had a significant impact on both bibliographic and authority data as they are represented in Machine-Readable Cataloging records in MARC 21. A brief history of the develoment of RDA is outlined. Since 2006, OCLC has kept up with some fifteen MARC 21 Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Updates through a total of nine OCLC-MARC Updates.

31. 12. 2014

Cataloguing

Format COMARC za opis fotografij

Branka Kerec

The holdings of Slovenian libraries also include photographs, which can be catalogued and included in the COBIB shared bibliographic database. Photographs as a medium are very specific compared to other types of library material, as one of their characteristics is that the data required for bibliographic description is missing. However, cataloguing in the COMARC format still enables adequate description.

30. 6. 2014

COBISS, Computer science and informatics

Federacija COBISS AAI: Avtentikacijsko-avtorizacijska infrastruktura COBISS

Miran Petek, Boštjan Batič, Stašo Vobič, Vojko Ambrožič, Matjaž Cigrovski, Miro Kolarič

IZUM and libraries offer their users numerous information services and most of them require user login. Login is carried out on the basis of a username and password and enables the user’s authentication and authorisation. IZUM manages such a mechanism based on identity data and other information about the members within the COBISS system. This year, a single sign-on system was introduced via the Shibboleth software component and the COBISS AAI Federation.

30. 6. 2014

COBISS

Povezivanje baza i servisa sistema COBISS.SI sa različitim informacionim servisima

Pero Šobot, Davor Šoštarič, Miran Petek

The COBISS.SI system provides, in addition to online cooperation when cataloguing material and online access to library catalogues, also the use and connection of library databases with various other information systems and services. Firstly, the article describes various uses of databases in other information systems.

30. 6. 2014

Cataloguing

COBISS2/Katalogizacija z vidika makedonskih katalogizatorjev

Ivana Dimov Džoleva, Marija Petek

The COBISS.MK system and shared cataloguing represent key issues in the field of librarianship for Macedonia. Research reveals that cataloguers are satisfied with the COBISS2/Cataloguing software module and that the quality of bibliographic records depends primarily on cataloguers’ familiarity with cataloguing rules and on their use of manuals.

30. 6. 2014

SICRIS

SICRIS, V3

Andrej Korošec

A new online user interface SICRIS, V3, was developed. Responsive web design concepts and support for mobile devices and touchscreens on the basis of jQuery Mobile framework were taken into account. Public access allows all functionalities of the previous version, and some new functionalities, such as advanced search, were added.

30. 6. 2014

Computer science and informatics

Mobilna aplikacija naj služi uporabnikom

Davor Bračko

The main aim of a mobile app should be to ensure the largest possible degree of success, efficiency and satisfaction experienced by the users when reaching their goals, i.e. usability. In order to achieve it, the designers and developers of mobile apps must consider standards, recommendations and guidelines, which is the right path towards a high-quality product where the user interface and the contents are united into a homogenous whole. Only a mobile app adapted to its users will encourage them to use it and will satisfy their needs.

31. 12. 2013

Computer science and informatics

Koncept avtentikacijske in avtorizacijske infrastrukture v sistemu COBISS

Boštjan Batič, Davor Šoštarič

The concept of authentication and authorisation infrastructure represents a shift from the standard ways of “omnia mea mecum porto”, where every information service or application (both web and desktop) maintains its own system of user data. A system built on mutual trust separates the authentication part from the authorisation part.