Stichting Bibliotheek.nl (BNL), the national foundation for public libraries in the Netherlands, has selected ProQuest business Serials Solutions to adapt AquaBrowser as an additional custom end-user interface to BNL's new national catalogue (NBC) for print, digital and electronic collections.
Based on a single unified index, the NBC will enable patrons to seamlessly search the local collections (books, journals, e-books, games, CDs, etc.) of member libraries as well as commercial and open source electronic data sources provided by the BNL. Serials Solutions was chosen to provide the interface for the new catalogue based on its success with the similar Open Vlacc project with Bibnet, an organisation of the Flemish government.
BNL was founded in 2009 to develop, deploy and manage digital services commissioned by the Ministry of Education for all public libraries. In close coordination with the Association of Public Libraries, BNL is responsible for purchasing and providing access and services for national electronic content, including e-books and e-music.
