GVI – Combined Consortial Library Index

The Combined Consortial Library Index (Gemeinsame Verbünde-Index – GVI) is a back-end service provided by the Consortium of Library Networks (AGV). The GVI comprises the bibliographic data of all the German networks and the data of the German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB) and German National Library. Searches are performed using the Integrated Authority File. Its most important application is online interlibrary lending in Germany. For this purpose, the GVI is integrated into the respective network-specific German interlibrary lending portals. This means it is no longer necessary to perform separate searches in each German network database.

All members of the AGV contribute equally to the success of the project. Each German network delivers its data to the GVI. The Consortium of Library Networks is responsible for strategic planning (steering committee). The AGV’s Rules of Procedure apply. The Library Service Centre Baden-Württemberg (BSZ), the Hesse Library Network (HeBIS) and the Cooperative Library Network Berlin Brandenburg (KOBV) are cooperatively responsible for the operational management of the GVI (administrative office).

The GVI runs in productions in various application.
Important additional functions such as deduplication and the integration of synonym lists were made available in September 2018.

Further information can be obtained on https://www.agv-gvi.de or by sending an e-mail to info@agv-gvi.de.