वर्चुअल अंतरराष्ट्रीय प्राधिकरण फ़ाइल

The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).[1][2] The project was initiated by the German National Library and the US Library of Congress.

Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
प्रकार
Web search engine, online public access catalog
उपलब्ध भाषाEnglish
मालिकOCLC
निर्माताJoint project of four library organizations
जालस्थलVIAF.org
व्यावसायिकNo
पंजीकरणNo
वर्तमान स्थितिActive

The aim is to link the national authority files (such as the German Name Authority File) to a single virtual authority file. In this file, identical records from the different data sets are linked together. A VIAF record receives a standard data number, contains the primary "see" and "see also" records from the original records, and refers to the original authority records. The data are made available online and are available for research and data exchange and sharing. Reciprocal updating uses the Open Archives Initiative protocol.

The file numbers are also being added to Wikipedia biographical articles.[3]

Participating libraries
English-language name Native-language name (if non-English) Location Country
BIBSYSBIBSYSTrondheimNorway
Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and Bibliographic InformationIstituto Centrale per il Catalogo UnicoRomeItaly
German National LibraryDeutsche NationalbibliothekFrankfurtGermany
Getty Research Institute–Los Angeles, CaliforniaUnited States
Library and Archives CanadaBibliothèque et Archives CanadaOttawa, OntarioCanada
Library of AlexandriaBibliotheca AlexandrinaAlexandriaEgypt
Library of Congress (NACO consortium)–Washington, D.C.United States
National Diet Library国立国会図書館Tokyo and KyotoJapan
National Library of Australia–CanberraAustralia
National Library of FranceBibliothèque nationale de FranceParisFrance
National Library of Israelהספרייה הלאומיתJerusalemIsrael
National Library of PortugalBiblioteca Nacional de PortugalLisbonPortugal
National Library of SpainBiblioteca Nacional de EspañaMadridSpain
National Library of SwedenKungliga BiblioteketStockholmSweden
National Library of the Czech RepublicNárodní knihovna České republikyPragueCzech Republic
National Széchényi LibraryOrszágos Széchényi KönyvtárBudapestHungary
RERO: Library Network of Western SwitzerlandRéseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale or Westschweizer BibliothekverbundSwitzerland
French university library consortiumSystème universitaire de documentationFrance
Swiss National LibrarySchweizerische Nationalbibliothek, Bibliothèque nationale suisse, Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, Rete delle bibliotheche della Svizzera occidentaleBerneSwitzerland
NUKAT: Union Catalogue of Polish Research LibrariesNUKAT: katalog zbiorów polskich bibliotek naukowychPoland
Vatican LibraryBibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana–Vatican City

Libraries added for testing purposes
English-language name Native-language name (if non-English) Location Country
BIBNET: Flemish Public LibrariesBrusselsBelgium
Russian State LibraryРоссийская государственная библиотекаMoscowRussia
BIBSYSNorway

See also

References
  1. Kelley, Michael; Schwartz, Meredith (2012). "VIAF service transitions to OCLC". Library Journal. Media Source. 137 (8): 16.
  2. VIAF, OCLC.
  3. VIAFbot Edits 250,000 Wikipedia Articles to Reciprocate All Links from VIAF into Wikipedia, OCLC, 2012-12-07
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