Speech given by Paul Poulain, BibLibre during the 5th Koha Italian Annual Meeting at the Stelline in Milan

1. Koha and the SUDOC
Paul POULAIN, BibLibre
(Retired) Koha Release Manager (2002-2005, 2011-2012)

2. Koha and the SUDOC
SUDOC : what it is :
➔ Système Universitaire de DOCumentation
➔ A national catalogue, managed by ABES,
➔ Required for all universities. Proposed to all Research
institutes & post-graduation schools
➔ Centralised catalogue, local ILS

3. The SUDOC
ABES
Members
Cataloguing
Others modules
Univ B ILS
Univ A ILS

4. The SUDOC
ABES
Members
cataloguing
● All members use the same cataloguing tool
(winIBW)
● Proprietary software running only on windows
● Each library has an ID (RCR)

5. The SUDOC
ABES
Members
cataloguing
● Search existing biblio
● If found, just « localize »
● If not found create the biblio
● (use existing authorities or add them)

6. The SUDOC
ABES
Univ B ILS
Univ A ILS
● Every night ABES provide files with all changes
made.
● Changes only relevant for a given library
● Own changes
● Changes made by others on biblio or authorities the
library has localised

7. The SUDOC
Members
Others modules
Univ B ILS
Univ A ILS
Libraries use their local ILS for daily work
● Circulation
● Serials
● Items

8. Koha and the SUDOC
Step 1 : SUDOC send an email
to library
Step 2 : Koha aknowledge the
email « I'm ready to receive
the files »
Step 3 : SUDOC send the files
to Koha server ( biblio (A),
collections (B) and
authorities (C) )
ABES
Koha
1
2
3

9. Koha and the SUDOC
Step 4 : integrate the files
into Koha
➢Search for existing records
and update them
➢Create new records
➢Create items
➢Create authorities

10. Koha and the SUDOC
Live for more than 10 universities (supported by BibLibre,
more)
The largest is Aix-Marseille, 1.5M items, 57 libraries
The smallest is Mines de Nantes schools 45k items

11. Koha and the SUDOC
Any question ?
Thanks