National Diet Library Newsletter
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Introduction and operation of Korean CIP system
Ms. Sang Im Lee
Deputy Chief, Acquisition and Technical Service
Division
National Library of Korea
Report
for the 6th mutual visit program of
the
National Library of Korea (NLK) and the National Diet Library (NDL)
[Summary]
| To disseminate created bibliographic records more quickly in a standard
form, the NLK is going to introduce the CIP (Cataloging In Publication)
system.
The "e-CIP" system, which was developed in 2001, was operated experimentally in 2002. It will come into full operation in January 2003. The NLK will establish a CIP center that will be responsible for all the work related to CIP. It will assign CIP to books published in Korea, but not to foreign materials, serials and non-book materials. The CIP records will be included in the national union catalog of library collections "KOLIS-NET." Moreover, the NLK will use them to examine materials that have not been deposited. This system will be beneficial to both libraries and publishers. A library can get precise bibliographic records before acquiring materials, which leads to quick selection and accurate technical service. A publisher can provide basic information to customers quickly and increase sales by pre-advertisement. On the other hand, there are concerns that this system might become a censoring method or prevent quick publication. To solve such misunderstandings and expand the participation of publishers, PR and various other measures are being undertaken. |
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