BL RIC logo 5.0 Results

Current and planned retrospective conversion programmes: Access and Supplementary data


The following results of the BLRIC study, with comparisons of some from the FIGIT study, are arranged under the following headings:

ACCESS To machine readable catalogue records

5.25 Are records, or will they be, available for use outside the library/organisation (Q41i by Q1)

Table 37

For consultation over networks As downloaded files for use in other catalogues
Public 5425
Government Ministry/Dept 6
College/School 21
Learned society/professional 299
Cathedral 43
Subscription 31
Educational/research 51
Museum reference 32
Other 105
Total 116 47

5.26 How are/will these records be made available for consultation or downloading (Q41ii by Q1)

Table 38


Mounted on a bibliographic utility database By direct access to the catalogue across a network
Public 3639
Government Ministry/Dept 34
College/School 11
Learned society/professional 625
Cathedral 34
Subscription 13
Educational/research 5
Museum reference 24
Other 29
Total 54 94

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Non-print items needing retrospective conversion

5.27 Libraries with catalogue records for non-print material (e.g. archives, photographs, slides, artefacts) which they wish could be retrospectively converted (Q.16 by Q1)

Table 39

Yes No
Public 6635
Government Ministry/Dept 522
College/School 34
Learned society/professional 2735
Cathedral 812
Subscription 57
Educational/research 35
Museum reference 102
Other 2126
Total 148 148

Table 40 If YES, the categories of material involved

Archival Manuscripts Photographs Slides
materials
Public 3428 4631
Government Ministry/Dept 31 22
College/School 31 11
Learned society/professional 129 117
Cathedral 54 51
Subscription 21 3
Educational/research 11 2
Museum reference 77 66
Other 1514 169
Total 82 66 90 59
Films Illustrations Sound recordings Non-print material
Public 2228 337
Government Ministry/Dept 21
College/School 1 1
Learned society/professional 46 74
Cathedral 11 11
Subscription 2 1
Educational/research 3
Museum reference 34 11
Other 76 64
Total 39 49 52 18

5.28 Number of records awaiting conversion for non-print material by categories (Q16a-j by Q1)

Table 41Archival materials Manuscripts
Public 1,899,260 117,474
Government Ministry/Dept 13,000 12,000
College/School 33,088 100
Learned society/professional 264,800 5,940
Cathedral 21,170 330
Subscription
Educational/research 2,000 3,000
Museum reference 192,680 50,350
Other 123,60016,980
Total 2,549,598 206,174
Photographs Slides Films Illustrations
Public 836,811142,039 163,768 262,306
Government Ministry/Dept 10,000 5,0002,100 5,000
College/School 2005,621 400
Learned society/professional 159,950 23,850330 37,100
Cathedral 3,710 1001 50
Subscription 9,200 1,800
Educational/research 600
Museum reference 573,500 26,6301,201 8,500
Other 892,7002,700 600,190 47,300
Total 2,486,071 206,540 767,590 362,456
Sound Other Other Other
recordings non-print (1) non-print (2) non-print (3)
Public 422,400283,122 380,787 4,797
Government Ministry/Dept
College/School 2,000 1,500 500
Learned society/professional 7921,050 80,316 182,330
Cathedral 601,000 10
Subscription 730
Educational/research 4,000 1,600
Museum reference 141,200 78,250 14,300
Other 1,001,040 75,00020,000
Total 1,429,036 363,372 562,463 201,927

Table 42 Total number of non-print records to be converted

Total
Public 4,512,764
Government Ministry/Dept 47,100
College/School 43,409
Learned society/professional 756,458
Cathedral 26,431
Subscription 11,730
Educational/research 11,200
Museum reference 946,625
Other 2,779,510
Total 9,135,227

Material which has never been catalogued

5.29 Libraries which have titles which have never been catalogued (Q17 by Q1)

Table 43

Yes No
Public 5947
Government Ministry/Dept 1513
College/School 53
Learned society/professional 3332
Cathedral 1211
Subscription 57
Educational/research 55
Museum reference 111
Other 2028
Total 165 147

Table 44 Number of libraries which have non-print items included in the never catalogued material (e.g. archives, photographs, slides) (Q18 by Q1)

Yes No
Public 4513
Government Ministry/Dept 69
College/School 41
Learned society/professional 2013
Cathedral 93
Subscription 23
Educational/research 41
Museum reference 92
Other 193
Total 118 48

Table 45 The number of libraries with non-print items which have never been catalogued by category of material (Q18 by Q1)

Archival Manuscripts Photographs Slides
materials
Public 2214 3523
Government Ministry/Dept 41 23
College/School 21 3
Learned society/professional 158 138
Cathedral 54 54
Subscription 21 21
Educational/research 31 32
Museum reference 53 54
Other 126 95
Total 70 39 77 50
Films Illustrations Sound Other
recordings non-print
materials
Public 918 1213
Government Ministry/Dept 3 2
College/School 11 1
Learned society/professional 34 19
Cathedral 13 2
Subscription 12 1
Educational/research 1 13
Museum reference 24 21
Other 42 43
Total 21 38 24 31

5.30 Non-print items which have never been catalogued (Q18a-j by Q1)

Table 46

Archival materials Manuscripts
Public 3,114,513 122,600
Government Ministry/Dept 200,600 1,000
College/School 1,000 500
Learned society/professional 160,800 19,250
Cathedral 1,680 1,130
Subscription 10,200 1,000
Educational/research 12,250 1,250
Museum reference 84,600 10,050
Other 5,022,800 200
Total 8,608,443 156,980
Photographs Slides Films
Illustrations
Public 1,524,745 29,518 310
364,837
Government Ministry/Dept 26,000 53,700
60,000
College/School 8,000 1,000
7,500
Learned society/professional 68,800 22,12578
36,550
Cathedral 2,150 900
70
Subscription 21,000 50
1,000
Educational/research 25,100 10,280
10,000
Museum reference 165,550 11,9004,500
21,210
Other 4,5002,100 45,080
600
Total 1,845,845 130,523 51,018
501,767
Sound recordings Other

non-print (1)

Other

non-print (2)

Other

non-print (3)

Public 28,78058,221 1,000 360,200
Government Ministry/Dept 500 200
College/School 600 200,000
Learned society/professional 1010,455 2,550 480
Cathedral 50
Subscription 100
Educational/research 2,000 4,100100
Museum reference 700225,000 2,500
Other 2,300100,000 40,000
Total 34,540 397,776 6,650 600,880

Table 47 Total of non-print records which have never been catalogued by library category

Total
Public 5,604,724
Government Ministry/Dept 342,000
School/College 218,600
Learned society/professional 321,098
Cathedral 5,980
Subscription 33,350
Educational/research 65,080
Museum reference 526,010
Other 5,217,580
Total 12,334,422

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