The Swiss National Library in shortThe project e-helvetica

The CENL

ELAGBERN

Dr. Jean-Frédéric JauslinDirector

Swiss National Library

April 2,

• Volumes3,6 mio documents6 mio cards in the Union Catalog55 km bookshelves

• StaffAbout 150 persons on 116 positions

The Swiss National Library in short

The Swiss National Library in short• Created 1895• Legal basis

First law in 1911New law in 1993

• FunctionsCollect « Helvetica »Produce the national BibliographyManage the Swiss Union Catalogue of monographs (on cards)Manage the Swiss Union Catalogue of Periodicals (online)Manage the Swiss Literature ArchivesManage the Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel

The 4 Missions of the Swiss National Library

1st mission

2nd mission

Öffent

liche

Bibl

. Uni

Basel

Bibl. Hochschule SG

StUB Bern

BC Valais

BCU Frib

ourg

Zentralbibl. ZH

ETH-B

ibl.

BPU Gen

ève

BPU Neuchâteletc. etc....

...

SNL

3rd mission

4th mission

• 1991 : OK from the federal Government• 1992 : OK from the Parliament• 1993 : New law• October 93 : Installation of VTLS

1,1 Mio Data converted• December 96 : Migration of Union Catalogue of

Periodicals to VTLS• November 97 : Underground stacks open,

automated circulation• 8th – 9th June 2001 : Re-opening of the main

building

The reorganisation of the Swiss National Library in short

Next steps

• 2003-2006 : 2. Underground stacks

• 2002-2006 : Strategical activities

• 2002-2010 : New vision of the SNL

The reorganisation of the Swiss National Library in short

e-HelveticaGoals

Project goals:- collect- describe- make available- archiveelectronic Helvetica publications

Project duration: 2001-2006

e-HelveticaCooperation

• With the Swiss Federal Archives for the development of an archiving system

• With national libraries of other countries in order to use standards and share knowledge

• With other libraries in Switzerland and abroad

e-HelveticaWhere are we today ?

• Treatment of offline documents

• Test of harvesting www.***.ch

• Contacts with Swiss publishers

• Swiss Consortium for e-Periodicals

e-HelveticaMore information

You will find more information at the e-Helvetica webpage

www.e-helvetica.ch

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