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    NLIS NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Web site address
    www.nlis.bs
    Start date
    Began 2005
    Period covered
    1847-2019
    Current size
    Approximately 600 records
    Media covered
    Printed books or serials and booklets CDs/DVDs
    General selection criteria
    Materials printed in Bahamas and outside The Bahamas, regardless of nationality of author.
    Selection criteria for digital resources
    N/A
    Exclusions policies applied
    Printed books or serials and booklets only
    Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control
    Single national library
    Web site address of national bibliographic agency
    www.nlis.bs
    Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography 
    Cooperation with local printers, writers, publishers and abroad
    Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies
    Only one National Bibliography exists, which is limited to published books and booklets
    Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography
    The data is created in-house.
    Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements
    The legal deposit reference in NLIS Authority Act 2009 is the primary source of collected national materials.
    Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme
    There is no CIP programme at NLIS Bahamas
    Media & format options 
    The national bibliography is currently available only as an Excel document.
    Access options to national bibliographic metadata
    N/A
    Metadata enhancements offered via online services
    N/A
    Web 2.0 services offered
    N/A
    Frequency of service updates
    N/A
    Target audiences for services
    Members of the public.
    Uses made of services offered 
    Announcements of pending publications
    Pricing policy for national bibliographic services
    Free
    Availability of metadata for re-use
    Not released into the public domain, other than as a list.
    Metadata formats 
    N/A
    Cataloguing code
    N/A
    Levels of description offered
    AACR Level 1
    Subject standards
    LCSH
    Name authority standards
    Local guide
    Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC?
    No
    Date information compiled
    5/1/19
    Information supplied by
    Dorcas Bowler
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