The Swiss National Library in short The project e-helvetica The CENL ELAG BERN Dr. Jean-Frédéric Jauslin Director Swiss National Library April 2,

Volumes  3,6 mio documents  6 mio cards in the Union Catalog  55 km bookshelves Staff  About 150 persons on 116 positions The Swiss National Library in short

Created 1895 Legal basis  First law in 1911  New law in 1993 Functions  Collect « Helvetica »  Produce the national Bibliography  Manage the Swiss Union Catalogue of monographs (on cards)  Manage the Swiss Union Catalogue of Periodicals (online)  Manage the Swiss Literature Archives  Manage the Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel

The 4 Missions of the Swiss National Library

1st mission 2nd mission

Öffentliche Bibl. Uni Basel Bibl. Hochschule SG StUB Bern BC Valais BCU Fribourg Zentralbibl. ZH ETH-Bibl. BPU Genève BPU Neuchâtel etc.... SNL 3rd mission

4th mission

1991 : OK from the federal Government 1992 : OK from the Parliament 1993 : New law October 93 : Installation of VTLS 1,1 Mio Data converted December 96 : Migration of Union Catalogue of Periodicals to VTLS November 97 : Underground stacks open, automated circulation 8th – 9th June 2001 : Re-opening of the main building The reorganisation of the Swiss National Library in short

Next steps : 2. Underground stacks : Strategical activities : New vision of the SNL The reorganisation of the Swiss National Library in short

e-Helvetica Goals Project goals: - collect - describe - make available - archive electronic Helvetica publications Project duration:

e-Helvetica Cooperation With the Swiss Federal Archives for the development of an archiving system With national libraries of other countries in order to use standards and share knowledge With other libraries in Switzerland and abroad

e-Helvetica Where are we today ? Treatment of offline documents Test of harvesting Contacts with Swiss publishers Swiss Consortium for e-Periodicals

e-Helvetica More information You will find more information at the e-Helvetica webpage

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