02 Aug 2004

Early Bengali Serials, 1818-1950 : A Shared Database of Library Holdings Worldwide
K. K. Agencies, Online Store of Indian Publications, New Delhi, India
Supplied note: "Early Bengali Serials, 1818-1950 : A Shared Database of Library Holdings Worldwide / Designed and Developed by Asoknath Mukhopadhyay. 1st ed. Kolkata, K. P. Bagchi & Company. 2004. xxiv, 541 p. 25 cm. [...] ISBN: 8170742617 KK-28536
Early Bengali Serials (EBS) is a *print* version of the electronic database of an International Union Catalogue. The Database includes over one thousand journals and newspapers appeared during the period 1818-1950. Each title, with few exceptions, is annotated with bibliographic description, indicative notes, subject keywords, and the whereabouts of available issues tracked down in some heritage libraries in West Bengal and other parts of India, and in overseas institutions as well. [...] So far, bibliographers and researchers have found evidence of nearly 2900 titles brought out in pre-independent India. EBS captured 1087 of those. The database has been developed with input from varied types of secondary sources -- both on-line and off-line, covering printed library catalogues, union lists, bibliographies, historical reference materials, and on-line union catalogues and library databases. [...] Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Romanization & Bengali Naming Conventions; Transliteration for Bengali Serial Titles; Record Definition; Host Libraries; Records By Serial Titles; Indexes; Commencement year; Affiliation; Editor & Sub-Editor; Patron; Publisher; Printer; Printing Press; Publishing Place; Bilingual; Subject Keyword; Appendix; Reference Sources.
Asoknath Mukhopadhyay, formerly Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, managed several database development projects sponsored by agencies of national importance, such as IIMC, NISSAT and AMDISA. - krm."
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