Collection Development Resources for Romance Languages

Spain

Ministerio de educación, cultura y deporte <http://www.mcu.es > provides links to:

Libros españoles en venta <http://www.mcu.es/bases/spa/isbn/ISBN.html>

Biblioteca Nacional <http://www.bne.es>

Ariadna (OPAC) <http://www.bne.es/esp/cat-fra.htm>

Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico Español

<http://www.mcu.es/ccpb/index.html>

Directories of libraries and archives

Publishing statistics

Puvill Libros <http://www.puvill.com>

Iberbook <http://www.iberbook.com>

For both vendor databases, passwords are not required for searching; also cover Portugal

Portugal

Biblioteca Nacional <http://www.bn.pt>

Pesquisa bibliográfica <http://pesquisa.bn.pt/> includes:

PORBASE (OPAC) <http://ipac.bn.pt/ipac-cgi/ipac.exe>

Bibliografia Nacional Portuguesa <http://bnp.bn.pt/>

Richard C. Ramer <http://www.livroraro.com/>

Recent Portugal, and antiquarian Iberia; password not required

Belgium

Bibliothèque royale de Belgique <http://www.kbr.be/> provides links to:

BRB OPAC <http://opac.kbr.be/fkbr1.htm>

Bibliographie de Belgique (monthly, with one year rolling archive) <http://www.kbr.be/bb/fr/Bbstr1.htm>

BOLD (Belgian Online Libraries Directory) <http://bold.belnet.be/>

Switzerland

Bibliothèque nationale suisse <http://www.snl.ch/f/aktuell/index.htm>

(with links to the Helveticat OPAC)

Italy

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze <http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/>

Provides links to the OPAC, and to the union catalogue of the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN) <http://opac.sbn.it/>

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma <http://www.bncrm.librari.beniculturali.it/>

Casalini libri <http://www.casalini.it/>

Password required; handle OP requests

France

Bibliothèque nationale de France <http://www.bnf.fr> includes links to:

Bibliographie nationale de française <http://bibliographienationale.bnf.fr>

(biweekly for monographs; monthly for series; one year archive)

BN-OPALE PLUS <http://catalogue.bnf.fr> (general catalogue)

Catalogue collectif de France <http://www.ccfr.bnf.fr/>

(union catalogue and library directory)

Livres Hebdo, Livres de France (and esp. its supplement Livres du mois)

Jean Touzot Librairie Internationale

<http://search.touzot.fr/tz-scripts/approval/home.asp?Language=fr>

databases of recent and antiquarian titles (no password required)

Aux Amateurs de Livres <http://www.auxam.fr/auxam/>

Password required; handle OP requests

General resources

Gabriel (British Library) provides links to national libraries, their OPACS and services, national bibliographies, union catalogues, and more. <http://www.bl.uk/gabriel/>

RLIN includes records from a variety of sources, including:

Biblioteca Nacional de España (updated weekly) (ESNG)

Bibliothèque nationale de France (updated monthly) (FRBG)

Swiss National Library (Helvetica) (SZNG)

European Register of Microform Masters (ERMM)

Istituto Centrale del Catalogo Unico (SBN union catalogue) (updated quarterly) (ITRG)

vendor records from Casalini (XCAS), Iberbook (XIBE), Touzot (XTOU), and Puvill (XPUV)

Reference Reviews Europe <http://www.rre.casalini.com>

Wess-rom email list

For discussion of library issues related to the Romance-language areas of Europe. To subscribe, send an email to listserv@listserv.mit.edu, with no subject line in the header. The request should read: subscribe wess-rom [Your Name]. Post messages to wess-rom@listserv.mit.edu.

Wessweb <http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wessweb/>

Sections supporting French, Italian and Iberian Studies all provide more information on the book trade, libraries and collection development

Bryan Skib (bskib@umich.edu) 1/7/04