Accurate and rich catalogue records have never been more important. BDS provides a range of services for academic libraries to aid cataloguing and resource discovery.
UniCat
UniCat from BDS revolutionises the supply of metadata records to UK academic institutions by providing a completely automated workflow for the supply of high-quality, book in hand records. Records come directly from BDS, ensuring that your library has the highest quality metadata.
Find out more about UniCat from our dedicated website: https://unicat.uk.
Using our close partnership with publishers we create book in hand records ahead of publication. Records are created once and are then available to all participating libraries, stock suppliers and ebook aggregators.
We believe UniCat is the fastest and most economic route to acquire high quality metadata.
BDS metadata for academic libraries covers books, ebooks, and Open Access English language titles.
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Retrospective Conversion
BDS offers several services for academic libraries wanting to improve their local catalogues. Find out more on our Retrospective Conversion page.
Enriched Content
BDS offers a wide range of enriched content to accompany its core catalogue metadata, including images and TOCs.
Further details are available in the Enriched Content section of our website.
Academic Stock Suppliers
BDS records are available for English language print, ebooks and Open Access titles.
For more information see our section on Academic Stock Suppliers.
Contact BDS now to find out more about our services to academic libraries.