BDS metadata and extended content is in use in Primary and Secondary schools around the world, providing leading school library management systems with metadata in MARC format.

School librarians find the detailed bibliographic information:

• Frees up time to promote reading
• Enables stock management and title selection
• Offer market leading coverage of UK ISBN publications
• Supports the UK and overseas schools’ curriculums
• Automatically tags books with Key Stage information
• Is ideal for Dewey and Genre driven libraries
• Supplies Subject Headings, including Thema, UKSLC and LCSH
• Includes Accelerated Reader information

Students will be attracted to titles via the diverse and engaging routes to resource discovery including:

• UK book jacket cover images
• Internal scans from books
• Author biographies
• Book reviews to the desktop
• Tables of contents
• Digital scans of selected inside pages
• Accurate book descriptions

Whether at Primary level or in Secondary schools, whether learning to read, reading for pleasure or studying for examinations, BDS metadata is the ideal resource in a school library.

Compatibility with Suppliers

Metadata in MARC format is standard for all BDS generated records, so no matter what source you choose to purchase from, BDS ensures the publication will fit seamlessly into your library catalogue.

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