Virtual International Authority File

Virtual International Authority File

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Acronym VIAF
Managing organisation Online Computer Library Center
Example https://viaf.org/viaf/70042340
Website viaf.org

The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).[1][2] The project was initiated by the German National Library and the US Library of Congress.

The aim is to link the national authority files (such as the German Name Authority File) to a single virtual authority file. In this file, identical records from the different data sets are linked together. A VIAF record receives a standard data number, contains the primary "see" and "see also" records from the original records, and refers to the original authority records. The data are made available online and are available for research and data exchange and sharing. Reciprocal updating uses the Open Archives Initiative protocol.

The file numbers are also being added to Wikipedia biographical articles[3] and are incorporated into Wikidata.

Participating libraries and organizations

English-language name Native-language name (if non-English) Location Country
Bibnet: Flemish Public Libraries (VLACC: Flemish Central Catalogue) Dutch: Vlaamse Centrale Catalogus Brussels Belgium
BIBSYS: National Library of Norway BIBSYS: Norwegian: Nasjonalbiblioteket Trondheim Norway
British Library – London England
Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and Bibliographic Information Italian: Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico Rome Italy
Danish Bibliographic Centre (DBC) Danish: Dansk BiblioteksCenter Ballerup Denmark
Danish Agency for Culture Danish: Kulturstyrelsen Copenhagen Denmark
Flemish Public Libraries – –
German National Library German: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt Germany
Getty Research Institute (Union List of Artist Names) – Los Angeles, California United States
Israel Museum Hebrew: מוזיאון ישראל‎ Jerusalem Israel
Lebanese National Library Arabic: المكتبة الوطنية‎ Beirut Lebanon
Library and Archives Canada French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Library of Alexandria Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية‎ Alexandria Egypt
Library of Congress (NACO consortium) – Washington, D.C. United States
National Diet Library Japanese: 国立国会図書館 Tokyo and Kyoto Japan
National Agricultural Library – Beltsville, Maryland United States
National and University Library in Zagreb Croatian: Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu Zagreb Croatia
National Library of Australia – Canberra Australia
National Library of Catalonia Catalan: Biblioteca de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
National Library of France French: Bibliothèque nationale de France Paris France
National Library of Israel Hebrew: הספרייה הלאומית‎ Jerusalem Israel
National Library of Latvia Latvian: Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka Rīga Latvia
National Library of Medicine – Bethesda, Maryland United States
National Library of Mexico Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de México Mexico City Mexico
National Library of New Zealand – Wellington New Zealand
National Library of Norway Norwegian: Nasjonalbiblioteket Oslo Norway
National Library of Poland Polish: Biblioteka Narodowa Warsaw Poland
National Library of Portugal Portuguese: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Lisbon Portugal
National Library Board Singapore – – Singapore
National Library of Scotland Scottish Gaelic: Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba Edinburgh Scotland
National Library of South Africa Afrikaans: Staats-Bibliotheek der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Cape Town and Pretoria South Africa
National Library of Spain Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de España Madrid Spain
National Library of Sweden Swedish: Kungliga Biblioteket Stockholm Sweden
National Library of Wales Welsh: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru Aberystwyth Wales
National Library of the Czech Republic Czech: Národní knihovna České republiky Prague Czech Republic
National Széchényi Library Hungarian: Országos Széchényi Könyvtár Budapest Hungary
Perseus Project – Medford, Massachusetts United States
RERO Library Network of Western Switzerland French: Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale, Italian: Rete delle bibliotheche della Svizzera occidentale, German: Westschweizer Bibliothekverbund Martigny Switzerland
SUDOC (French library consortium) French: Système universitaire de documentation – France
Syriac Reference Portal – – –
Swiss National Library German: Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, French: Bibliothèque nationale suisse, Italian: Biblioteca nazionale svizzera Berne Switzerland
NUKAT: Union Catalogue of Polish Research Libraries Polish: Narodowy Uniwersalny Katalog Centralny – Poland
Vatican Library Italian: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana – Vatican City
Wikidata – – –

Libraries added for testing purposes

English-language name Native-language name (if non-English) Location Country
ISNI – London United Kingdom
National Central Library Chinese: 國家圖書館 Taipei Taiwan
National Library and Archives of Québec French: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Quebec Canada
National Library of Ireland Irish: Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann Dublin Ireland
National Library of the Netherlands Dutch: Koninklijke Bibliotheek The Hague Netherlands
Russian State Library Russian: Российская государственная библиотека Moscow Russia

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kelley, Michael; Schwartz, Meredith (2012). "VIAF service transitions to OCLC". Library Journal (Media Source) 137 (8): 16.
  2. ↑ VIAF, OCLC.
  3. ↑ VIAFbot Edits 250,000 Wikipedia Articles to Reciprocate All Links from VIAF into Wikipedia, OCLC, 2012-12-07

External links

Wikidata has a property, P214, for VIAF identifier (see uses)
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