About Library Hub Cataloguing
The Library Hub Cataloguing service is provided by OCLC on behalf of Jisc, on the OCLC CBS platform. The Web interface can be accessed at: https://cataloguing.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/
Please see below for more information about the service and Terms of Use.
The Library Hub Cataloguing service allows eligible libraries to search and download MARC records for use in their local catalogue. This service is available through a web interface and Z39.50 connection, both of which require authentication. Access is available to current Library Hub contributors and Jisc members.
You will find details of the Z39.50 search in the Cataloging FAQ.
Terms of Use
The Library Hub Cataloguing service is provided by OCLC on behalf of Jisc. By using Library Hub Cataloguing you are agreeing to the following Terms & Conditions. Please read them carefully.
Use of the Jisc Library Hub Cataloguing service
The Jisc Library Hub Cataloguing service includes data supplied by contributors to the National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK). You may use the Web site and records contained in the Cataloguing service for non-commercial purposes only. If in doubt, please contact us through the help@jisc.ac.uk stating that your request relates to the Library Hub Cataloguing service.
Access
Access to the Jisc Library Hub Cataloguing service is restricted to library staff in Jisc member institutions and other libraries contributing to the Jisc National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK).
If you use the Library Hub Cataloguing service, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your password. You should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else (other than members of library staff who are authorised to access the service), or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner.
If you would like us to provide third party access to the Cataloguing service to support a cataloguing project you are undertaking, please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Jisc reserves the right to withdraw access to the service from any institution whose user account is linked to activities considered to be an abuse of the system, for example:
- Sharing of user ids/passwords with other institutions
- Denial of service or hacking attacks
- Service degradation to other users caused by attempts to download the entire database
Requesting a login
Any Jisc member library or NBK contributing library can request an institutional login. This will enable simultaneous access for multiple library staff to use the Cataloguing service.
To ask for a login please contact us through the Jisc helpdesk help@jisc.ac.uk stating that your request relates to the Library Hub Cataloguing service.
Take down notice
If you have concerns about any of the data included in the Library Hub Cataloguing database, please contact the Jisc Helpdesk immediately help@jisc.ac.uk, stating that your request relates to the Library Hub Cataloguing service.
To help us deal with your concern, please include the following information:
- Your contact details, including your name, email address and daytime phone number
- Sufficient detail to enable us the identify the records that are a cause for concern
- The reason for your concern
We will review each Take Down request and, pending enquiries, may suppress data from the database. We will contact other relevant organisations as part of this process.
Copyright
Materials contained on this website and service are subject to copyright and other proprietary rights.
Please note that due to licensing and other data reuse restrictions, an institution’s whole catalogue may not be represented on the Cataloguing service.
The data accessible through the Cataloguing service is intended for library use only within eligible institutions. Any data retrieved from this service is not for commercial use. Libraries wishing to grant access, in future, to third parties for retroconversion or other cataloguing work should first contact us to discuss access arrangements.
Disclaimer
Jisc accepts no responsibility for the consequences of error or for any loss or damage suffered by users of any of the information and material contained in this service and web site, or any site you may access through this site.
If you are aware of any errors within the web site, please contact the Jisc Helpdesk at help@jisc.ac.uk (please state that your enquiry is for the Library Hub team).
Privacy and Cookies
Privacy
For information about how we manage personal data please see the Jisc privacy notice.
If you have any questions about this please email help@jisc.ac.uk stating that your request relates to the Library Hub Cataloguing service.
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Details of Cookies used in the Library Hub Cataloguing service are available on the CBS interface
Creating the Cataloguing database
The data in the Library Hub Cataloguing database is deduplicated. One of the records in a set of duplicates is used as the 'base record' and fields from the other records in the set are added to that base record to create the final consolidated record. The processes involved in choosing the base record and creating a consolidated record will be documented and discussed as the service develops.
Where a record has OCLC provenance, as indicated by the presence of an OCLC 994, the record will not be used as the base record to create a consolidation unless all the records in a set of duplicate records have OCLC provenance. Where this occurs, OCLC have imposed a restriction on the fields that can be included in the consolidated record, known as mini-MARC. Similarly a single, unconsolidated, record that has OCLC provenance will also be given in mini-MARC form.
Mini-MARC
The fields that may be included in an OCLC mini-MARC record are detailed below.
Note: The 'mini-MARC' relates to the Cataloguing database only. In the Discover and Compare services non-MARC data formats are used, so in the database that underpins Discover and Compare the supplied records are used in their entirity.
| 006 | Additional Material Characteristics |
| 007 | Physical Description |
| 008 | Fixed-Length Data Elements |
| 010 | LCCN |
| 015 | ID# National Bibliography |
| 016 | ID# National Library |
| 017 | Copyright or Legal Deposit No. |
| 018 | Copyright Article-Fee Code |
| 020 | ISBN |
| 022 | ISSN |
| 024 | Other Standard Identifier |
| 025 | Overseas Acquisition No. |
| 026 | Fingerprint Identifier |
| 027 | Standard Technical Report No. |
| 028 | Publisher or Distributor No. |
| 034 | Coded Cartographic Data |
| 035 | System Control No. |
| 037 | Source of acquisition |
| 038 | Record Content Licensor |
| 040 | Cataloging Source |
| 041 | Language of work |
| 050 | LC Call Number |
| 100 | Main Entry - Personal Name |
| 110 | Main Entry - Corporate Name |
| 111 | Main Entry - Meeting Name |
| 130 | Uniform Title |
| 210 | Abbreviated Title |
| 214 | Augmented Title |
| 222 | Key Title |
| 240 | Uniform Title |
| 242 | Translation of Title |
| 243 | Collective Uniform Title |
| 245 | Title Statement |
| 246 | Varying Form of Title |
| 250 | Edition |
| 260 | Imprint |
| 263 | Planned publication date |
| 264 | Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
| 300 | Physical description |
| 310 | Publishing Frequency |
| 336 | Content Type |
| 337 | Media Type |
| 338 | Carrier Type |
| 362 | Publication Date |
| 700 | Added Entry - Personal Name |
| 710 | Added Entry - Corporate Name |
| 711 | Added Entry - Meeting Name |
| 730 | Added Entry - Uniform Title |
| 740 | Added Entry - Related Title |
| 773 | Host Item Entry - Article |
| 774 | Constituent Unit |
| 776 | Additional Physical Form |
| 850 | Holding Institution |
| 856 | Electronic Location and Access |