Libraries

Libraries

Our services include search and selection tools, MARC records and enriched catalogue data. We also measure library borrowings.

Introduction

Nielsen BookData offers a unique range of services for libraries, from search and selection solutions to providing MARC records and enriched data for your catalogue.

  • Trusted bibliographic metadata for selecting new titles and back stock
  • Library borrowing and retail sales data to use alongside the experience and local knowledge of staff

Our services have been developed to help you meet the needs of your library users while saving you time and money.

Search and selection

Whatever your selection processes, whether they are in-house, via a third party or based on library user requests, we are able to provide an integrated solution.

Our BookData Online service is a fast, flexible and efficient way to search for titles, respond to customer enquiries and replenish stock. It enables you to search our database to check bibliographic details and the latest price and availability information, as well as perform searches and rank your results by BookScan chart position to ensure you have the most popular titles in stock.

Key benefits include: 

  • Choice of coverage: UK and/or International
  • Descriptive content including descriptions, series information, audience levels, literary awards, physical attributes, synopses and table of contents
  • Set up email alerts for new titles added in any genre
  • Create and share book lists
  • Download MARC records to your desktop
  • ‘Look Inside’ thousands of titles

Features include:

  • Keywords
  • Formatted descriptions
  • Linked formats
  • Restricted sales statements (highlights titles not for sale to libraries)
  • Local UK publication date added to Export function
  • Last confirmed date
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MARC records

Whether you need a comprehensive source for all your catalogue records or an on-demand service to fill gaps we can supply you with MARC records.

We can provide a MARC record for every title on our database either as a tailored data feed or via our BookData Online service allowing you to make your Catalogue an engaging and enriched experience for all your library users.

Key benefits include:

  • Single source of MARC21 records for print, e-books and audiobooks for every title on the BookData database
  • Wide range of classifications and subject headings, including Dewey Decimal Classification, Thema and UK Standard Library Categories
  • Flexible delivery options via Web Services API (including SOAP and REST) and direct data feeds, with proven compatibility with most Library Management Systems
  • Enriched data including jacket/cover images and reviews
  • Easy to implement with high levels of service support
  • MARC21 data is RDA compatible

Our research on library borrowings shows that enriched title records, including long and short descriptions, author biographies, reviews and jacket images, will enhance your catalogue and online presence ensuring your users have the most comprehensive information to aid their browsing and borrowing experience.

For more information email: sales.book@nielseniq.com

Lending data

Use library lending and retail sales data to monitor trends, inform your stock selection decisions and understand your users better.

Our LibScan panel is FREE to participants and in exchange for your borrowing data we give you access to national library lending data collected from public libraries across the UK so you can compare with your own authority data.

Used alongside LibScan, BookScan for Libraries shows you what is selling online and on the high street and can be compared against lending data to provide a unique view into your users’ interests and reading habits.

Designed to show trends in library borrowing and retail sales to improve stock selection and the library user experience.

Key benefits include:

  • Analyse library lending to spot trends
  • See the Top 5,000 bestselling titles, by author, title or genre
  • Check what is issuing and selling locally and nationally
  • Improve your stock and promotion
For more information email: infobookresearch@nielseniq.com

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