Hungarian National Library Platform

A Collaborative Nationwide Platform, a Distributed Modular Enviroment

Projects

Data models and data sharing

The data model must be flexible, and completely the choice of any participating system. There should be no limitation…

As the data is completely flexible and broken down to individual fields / entities, into the smallest possible units, the same way the…

In collaboration with other types of libraries (public, academic, university) the NSZL has worked extensively on the requirements…

The data model must be flexible, and completely the choice of any participating system. There should be no limitation…

There is a community developed platform, which pays attention to the above detailed aspects. The platform is called FOLIO…

The National Széchényi Library is working on a solution for an efficient, cost saving and flexible platform, exploring the new ways…

What are the main pillars of our solution?

Real modularity

Modules are exchangeable, can be used in parallel – the preferred solution is microservices.

Flexible definable workflows

Modules are exchangeable, can be used in parallel – the preferred solution is microservices.

Entity based data models

FRBR as data model, RDA as cataloguing standard, BIBFRAME2 as data exchange format.

Real multi-tenancy

Private and shared data between participants.

Timeline

  • Modules already in live production

    • National Namespace
    • Flexible Cataloguing Tool for Special Collections
    • Integrated Text Search, creating entities

  • May 2019

    System concept plan completed

  • October 2019

    Old printed books collection

  • 2019-2020

    Continous going live with modules

  • March 2020

    Library Science Library go live with traditional library functions

  • End of 2020

    All modules in production
    The National Széchényi Library and the Information and Library Science Library provides services from the National Library Platform
    All national services – National Namespace, Common Catalogue, Interlibrary Loan etc. – in the platform

  • 2021

    The platform will be open for libraries to move into the platform

Requirements

Verbal summary

System functionalities

Extensive list