Cataloghi: la sfida della concretezza

The Communication presents the activities of the Catalogs Group "Nilde Libraries Committee, the activities are focused on the national catalogs of libraries participating at the NILDE network. The survey launched in 2006 led to the identification of a significant number of libraries that were not included in any national catalog. Subsequently, a procedure was initiated in which these situations have been regularized and a specific policy has been issued. The members of the "Catalogs Group" contacted the individual responsible for the document delivery service providing assistance to overcome encountered problems. The direct involvement of libraries led to good results so that only 32 libraries (in June 2009) were not yet visible on national catalogs. Of crucial importance was the cooperation with ACNP, which become an active partner of NILDE, encouraging the spread of the Network. The monitoring allowed us to understand the variety of Nilde libraries, covering a wide range of disciplines, located throughout the country. The group is also activated as a result of reports received by the CBN or by the List Nilde-forni, also for what concern the visibility of the catalogs. The adoption of advanced tools for linking, such as SFX, provides a solution to connect their electronic resources and to allow better access to users. For the better management of document delivery would be useful to have a single connection point of an entire virtual library of institution or university. Finally, the importance of cataloging of Open Access journals to promote their visibility through inclusion in the ACNP catalogue and the still open issue of cataloging the electronic resources as with paper publications, are mentioned.