TÜRK‹YE B‹BL‹YOGRAFYASI TURKISH ... - Bibliyografyalar

I N T R O D U C T I O N
The Turkish National Bibliography includes indigenous publications
with their descriptive cataloging information, received by the National Library
according to the Legal Deposit Act dated 1934, numbered 2527. The National
Bibliography was started by the Ministry of Education in 1928. In 1935, the
responsibility of publishing the National Bibliography was undertaken by the
Directorate of Legal Deposit. Since 1955 it has been published by the National
Library. Materials are being catalogued according to the 2 nd edition of 1988
revision of the AACR (Anglo American Cataloguing Rules) and classified
according to the 20 th edition of Dewey Decimal Classification System.
All the bibliographical records prepared by the Cataloging and
Classification Section, the Periodicals Section, and the Audio-Visual Materials
Section are forwarded to the Bibliography Preparation Section. After necessary
corrections and revisions the bibliography is published monthly.
With the introduction of the automated procedures, Turkish National
Bibliography's January 1989 issue was published. Since 1993 a new computer
program is being utilized for the preparation of the bibliography. The new
software has new innovative features in terms of form and content.
Bibliographic records are listed according to types of materials under subjects
which are shown below:
1. Books
2. Periodicals
3. Audio-Visual Materials
During the organization of bibliographic records priority is given to
subject numbers. Bibliographic entries which have same subject number are
listed alphabetically. Subject numbers are shown at the end of each
bibliographic entry. If a bibliographic entry includes two or three subjects
numbers, they are also shown in each relevant subject category. The first
subject number which appears at the upper left hand corner of the record is
also the number which provides access to the bibliographic record through
indexes. However, subject numbers are not shown in the referred bibliographic
records. A work's stock number at the National Library appears at the upper
right hand corner.
At the end of each issue, there are five separate indexes which are:
authors, corporate bodies, book titles, periodical titles, and ISBN and ISSN. In
the annual indexes issue numbers are given with Roman numerals.
It is important to note that the Turkish National Bibliography is the
most important and the only publication for the national bibliographic control
in the country. This has been achieved with careful preparations and new
automated procedures.
The Turkish National Bibliography has been produced in CD format and
monthly since the begining of 2003. Furthermore, it is planned to be published
annually together with annual index.
PDF files of bibliographies have been included within the CDs in order
to maintain the present system which the researchers familiar with. The whole
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