K10plus

The databases of the two head offices of the Library Service Centre Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) and the head office of the Common Library Network (VZG) have now been amalgamated into a joint database with more than 180 million records; this has been given the working title “K10plus”. Since production got under way at the end of March 2019, the libraries connected have been cataloguing their collections in this data pool and using it as a source of metadata for their systems..

The wider, homogeneous data base of K10plus will make the provision of scientific information more efficient. It will also open up new possibilities for data reuse and automated cataloguing. K10plus sets standards and provides access to scientific authority data and thesauruses.

K10plus acts as a data broker and data hub – both nationally and internationally. It supports both regional bibliographic tools and national/international structures including WorldCat. Specialised interests, particularly those of specialised information services funded by the DFG, are served by individual services tailored to the respective community.

Further information is available at https://www.bszgbv.de