The Catalogo delle Biblioteche Liguri (Catalogue of Ligurian Libraries – CBL) is a
joint service of the
Regione Liguria (Ligurian Regional Administration) and
Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova, the largest
Ligurian library, belonging to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
Its purpose is to allow everyone to access the catalogues of Ligurian libraries in
the easiest and most complete way.
The CBL enables users to search from a single interface data created by a
number of libraries, either partecipating in the
National Library Service (Servizio
Bibliotecario Nazionale – SBN) or not, which are quite different from each other,
so that users can find documents they are looking for no matter where they are
located. It is also possible to contact the request services of certain libraries
through the CBL.
Libraries whose catalogues are searchable through the CBL belong to public
administrations and institutions (State, Regions, municipalities, provinces,
schools, university, etc) and to private institutions such as associations,
foundations, churches. Some are general while others are specialized in a variety
of matters. Some also own important collections of ancient books.
The data of some libraries are directly stored within the CBL, which in turn is
also able to search the catalogues of other libraries (already present on the
Internet) by means of the
Z39.50protocol, so that users do not need to worry
about locating them separately.
Catalogues searchable by means of the CBL vary in completeness of data and
cataloguing policies (e. g. some do not consider subject or classification, some
lack data that is optional according to cataloguing rules). It is therefore possible
that a search involving many fields fails to find the pertinent results because the
data being searched is missing.
Not all Ligurian libraries are present in the CBL, but we hope they will join it in
the future.
The CBL is not only available through this site, but also by means of Protocol
Z39.50. To this purpose a Z39.50 client is needed: access parameters are
explained
here.
Some items present in Ligurian libraries are fully available in digital in the
Ligurian Digital Library
Please feel free to request further information from:
Regione Liguria
Settore cultura e spettacolo
Via Fieschi 17 - piano U6
I-16121 Genova GE
Riferimento: Giuseppe Pavoletti
Tel +39 010 5484616 Fax +39 010 5484666
Email
giuseppe.pavoletti@regione.liguria.it
Via Balbi 40
16126 Genova
Riferimento: Giancarlo Morettini
Email
giancarlo.morettin@cultura.gov.it