The article presents in detail the data on the annual increment of bibliographic records in 2021 at annual and monthly levels. The analysis includes 177,705 bibliographic records created by 543 ...cataloguers. In the last quarter of the year, 28 % of bibliographic records were created. Most records, i.e. 1,015 records, were created on Tuesday, 9 February 2021, Tuesdays are also the most productive days in the year. The fewest records were created in August. When referring to the type of records, the multiannual trend continues also in 2021: most records were created for monographs (50.1%) and component parts (40.3%). The data on records downloaded from other databases and the data on the annual increment of authority records for personal names and for corporate body names in the CONOR.SI database is included. The results show how important the work of cataloguers in the COBISS system is. In addition to seasonal trends, the impact of implementing the preventative measures for covid-19 can be observed.
The article presents in detail the data on the annual increment of bibliographic records in 2020 at annual and monthly levels. The analysis includes 185,518 bibliographic records created by 545 ...cataloguers from 247 libraries. In the last quarter of the year, 30.4% of bibliographic records were created. In the year marked with the pandemic, the milestone of 1,000 records created in a single day was exceeded on ten days. Most records, i.e. 1,095 records, were created on Thursday, 12 November 2020, whereas Wednesdays are the most productive days. The fewest records were created in August. When referring to the type of records, the multiannual trend continues also in 2020: most records were created for monographs (47.1%) and component parts (45.9%). The data on records downloaded from other databases and the data on the annual increment of authority records for personal names and for corporate body names in the CONOR.SI database are included. The results show how important the work of cataloguers in the COBISS system is. In addition to seasonal trends, the impact of implementing the preventative measures for covid-19 can be observed.
In Slovenia, 301 libraries and 689 cataloguers with permits for shared cataloguing of monographs participate in shared cataloguing. The article presents the annual increment of bibliographic and ...authority records in COBIB.SI in 2019. The increment data is collected from the shared database during the entire observed year. All the days of the year and all the records contributed by 575 cataloguers from 254 libraries are included in the analysis. The annual, monthly and daily increment data is presented. In 2019, 176,021 bibliographic records were contributed to COBIB.SI, and 60,068 authority records for personal names and for corporate bodies were contributed to CONOR.SI. The largest number of bibliographic records (28.7%) was created in the last quarter of the year. On a daily basis, the number of created bibliographic records was largest on Tuesday, 26 November 2019, when 1,022 bibliographic records were created. At the annual level, Tuesdays are the most productive days. In June and August, the numbers of created records were the smallest. In view of the record type, the trend of the past several years continues: most records were created for monographs (51.2%) and component parts (38.1%). The data on bibliographic and authority records downloaded from other databases is presented, too. In 2019, 645 persons actively participated in the creation of bibliographic and authority records in Slovenia. As 2.3% of bibliographic records were created on work-free days, it can be concluded that cataloguers are more and more in demand; 30.9% of cataloguers have two or more usernames, meaning that they work in more than one organisation. The analysis results of COBIB.SI increment presented indicate the importance of cataloguing in the COBISS system
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