About C17

C17 is a joint catalog that gathers the Health Science journal holdings of 538 Libraries in Spain. The first edition was produced in 1996 on CD-ROM. Currently, it conforms a centralized catalog which is queried via Internet.

How can we query C17?

We can query C17 catalog free online through http://isciii.c17.net. There are other advanced query functions which require payment: C17 Plus and ILL17 http://www.c17.net.

How often is data updated in C17?

Each library can update their data online. Universities and other centers with a large number of holdings, must update their catalog at least once a year, through ISO standard files.

Which requirements must a library meet to be in C17 catalog?

• To belong to C17 catalog, each library must guarantee interlibrary loan of the holdings they have included.
• The library must provide the necessary infrastructure of personnel and equipment to perform this service within the following deadlines:
  • Rejection answer: Two working days
  • Requested article delivery: Four working days
• Enable a request reception system compatible through email or any other methods that have been developed by CSi.
• The library must update their administrative data whenever changes occur and update holdings at least once a year.

How to include a new library in C17 catalog?

Libraries wishing to be included in C17 Catalog, that meet the above requirements, should apply for membership through the representative for their Community, or directly to CSi, who will forward this request to the Community Representative.

Beyond the above requirements, any new library must have at least 20 Health Science Journal holdings, or have other Health Science serials not included by other libraries in the same Community.

Which is the fee to be included in C17?

The Instituto de Salud Carlos III finances a free query to C17 Catalog which at the moment enables to be included completely free of charge.

Which are the services that C17 members will obtain free?

The main service is to be part of the most consulted and prestigious Health Science Catalog in Spain, making the interlibrary loan so much easier between the libraries included in C17.

Can verify and complete records of their journals with the C17 database.

The library will also be able to download their own holdings list to edit their own catalog.

How is data updated into C17?

There are three types of data to update in C17:

1. Administrative Library data
2. Serial data
3. Holdings data

For the first two items, the fastest way is updating through the page over the internet, accessing with username and password.

Holdings update

There are three ways to update library holdings.

1. Online, through internet address above mentioned
2. Through a file generated by the library management software, wich must contain the proper data to enable the update process.
3. Updating holdings on CVS files generated by C17.

What standards are used in C17?

• Title: Key title from ISSN International Center, NLM Locator Plus or Adriadna bibliographic catalog from the Biblioteca Nacional de España is used.
• Abreviated Title: Abreviated key title from ISSN International Center is used as well, obtained from the title abbreviation list, complaining ISO-4 normative.
• Countries are represented through a three caracter code (Alpha 3) , accordding ISO-3166.
• Starting, and if present, ending years, have been obtained from ISSN international Center, NLM Locator Plus or the Biblioteca Nacional de España…

Holding standarization process

Each library, shows two differents holdings lines, for paper and electronic holdings of a given title. When present, paper holdings shown in top line, blue colour. Electronic collections shown beneath, red colour and cursive font, the latter showing if applicable the embargo period (in months) between brackets.

1. Every serial title holding for each library, is preceeded by a two differents parts acronym. The first part consists on one or two letters code for that matches the province code of the location of the library (as showed in old car plates). The part is the library acronym, and may have up to seven letters. it is intended to be as mnemonic possible, and usually follows some rules. For example, hospital acronyms should start by an H, Universities by U.
2. Dash [-] has two functions, when enclosed between two years, indicates collection continuity between those years. When positiones behind the last given year, indicates the collection is being recieved continuedly since that year as the issues are published.
3. Comma [,] indicates collection break between the years separated by the comma.
4. Brackets [( )] contain the years in which the collection is incomplete. A collection may be incomplete fro one year, or a period of more than one year.
5. Full stop [.] Will appear only at the end of a collection. Indicates the holdings for that tittle finish in the indicated year, either for cancelled subscription or the title is not longer published.