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BELGIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Belgian Bibliography is a record of all periodical and non-periodical publications (monographs, journals, brochures, off-line electronic documents, etc.) sent to the Royal Library through legal deposit.
It consists of all publications that were published in Belgium or created by authors who are domiciled in Belgium published abroad. The Bibliography exists since 1875 and is published online since 1998.
How to search the Belgian Bibliography?
There are several ways to access the records in the Belgian Bibliography:
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1. By consulting the monthly lists published in PDF format since 1998. Each monthly list is divided into different subject groups, providing a clear overview of particular topics.
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2. Bibliographic records from the Belgian Bibliography are also integrated on a daily basis into the online catalog (OPAC). You can search by thematic category to access all Belgian publications on a particular theme or you can use the advanced search grid to use other search criteria (author, title, publisher, etc.).
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3. The digitised printed issues can be found in our digital collection BelgicaPeriodicals. It is possible to perform a full-text search on those documents thanks to OCR technology.
Further provided services
Additionally to the publication of the bibliography there are also a few other services offered:
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Data exports on demand, for example of a specific author, publisher or genre in the formats CSV, Excel or XML
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Data distribution via the OAI-PMH-protocol. The data in the OAI-server is formatted in Dublin Core-xml (OAI-DC). The latest data sets can be found here
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Integration of library records into external cataloguing systems with provided access through the Z39.50 protocol, using the base URL catalog.kbr.be and the port 9001. The data is available in MARC21-xml
For any questions or requests regarding our services, please reach out via e-mail at metadata@kbr.be
Standards used for cataloguing works
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Cataloguing of bibliographic and authority records in MARC21 format, following RDA (Resource Description and Access) standards
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Usage of Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH), the RAMEAU indexing system and more recently FAST subject headings
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Local classification scheme inspired by the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC)
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Prioritising the use of authority data in areas such as persons and organisations, as well as subjects and genre-forms
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Incorporation of international unique identifiers (ISBN, ISSN, ISNI)
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Integration of URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers)
Contact
Do you have questions, suggestions or requests on the subject of the Belgian Bibliography or metadata at KBR? Feel free to contact us!