{{short description|Free internet cataloging service}} {{Infobox website | name = ‡biblios.net | screenshot = Biblios-net-cataloging-search-screenshot.png | caption = Screenshot of ‡biblios.net cataloging page. | url = [http://biblios.net/ biblios.net] | company_type = For profit | location = Columbus, Ohio | type = Library Cataloging | language = English | registration = Required | owner = LibLime | launch_date = {{start date|2009|1|19}} | commercial = Yes }}
'''‡biblios.net''' is a free browser-based cataloging service with a data store containing over thirty million records. Records are licensed under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License, making the service the world's largest repository of freely-licensed library records. The service was created and is maintained by LibLime.
==Features== ‡biblios.net (pronounced 'biblios dot net') features a metadata editor with templates, macros, authority auto-completion and embedded context-sensitive help. The central record repository contains 25-million bibliographic records and just under eight-million authority records. The data is maintained by ‡biblios.net users. Catalogers can use and contribute to the database without restrictions because records in ‡biblios.net are freely-licensed under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biblios.net/pddl|title=Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License|accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref>
‡biblios.net also includes a built-in federated search system, allowing catalogers to find records from any Z39.50 target.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hane |first1=Paula |title=Open Solutions for Libraries Gain Momentum |url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=52484 |website=Information Today |date=2 February 2009 |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref> Additionally, there is a central Search Target Registry, seeded with over 2,000 Z39.50 servers, for catalogers to find, create and share Z39.50 targets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biblios.net/faq|title=Frequently Asked Questions|accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref>
In addition to offering a traditional cataloging interface, ‡biblios.net offers social cataloging features. Built-in forums and private messaging make finding help and communicating with others possible within the software.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oder |first1=Norman |title=As ‡biblios.net Emerges, a New Opportunity for Catalogers (and Competition with OCLC)? |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6632425.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505123159/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6632425.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2012 |website=Library Journal |date=27 January 2009 |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://biblios.net ‡biblios.net Website] * [http://liblime.com LibLime's Homepage]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biblios.Net}} Category:Library cataloging and classification Category:Open data