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Newsletter N°88 - February 2023
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The Abes 2023 days


In 2023,Abes will finalize its new institutional project to serve French documentary and IST networks.
During the Journées Abes, we will be taking an international look at how structures similar to ours are changing to meet the evolving needs of documentation. There will also be a time dedicated to the Projet d'établissement, as well as numerous parallel sessions and tutorials to help you perfect your knowledge ofAbes news and tools. Last but not least, the trade show will provide an opportunity to talk with publishers and suppliers, and to discover the "Les Posters des réseaux" exhibition.
The Abes 2023 Journées will be held at the Corum in Montpellier, on May 23 and 24.

Save the dates in your diaries!

Montpellier Corum
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Arabesques n° 108


Issue 108's special report is devoted to journal incubators in libraries.
Through numerous examples, this dossier highlights the involvement of BUs in the public scientific publishing ecosystem. Abes would like to thank all contributors for the wealth of their analyses and the sharing of their experiences.

Videos of SGB 2022 Day

The SGB 2022 day on December 12 provided an opportunity to take stock of the support provided byAbes to establishments in the process of re-computing, the evolution of the SGB offering and two feedbacks from establishments in the process of migrating or nearing completion.

Bibliographic transition

The FNE project is entering a development phase: the construction of an FNE Pilot. The "Chronological landmarks" page dedicated to the project, on the Bibliographic Transition website, has been updated. The "News" section will offer a regular opportunity to update your knowledge of the project: "Answers from the experts".
In 2023, the regional training centers for library professions are offering a rich program of training on the various aspects of the Bibliographic Transition program. Registration is now open!
To prepare for the bibliographic transition, many establishments are cleaning up and enriching their catalogs, if necessary by aligning their data with that of BnF or Sudoc. The Bibliostratus tool is essential for this. A new version (1.35) is now available.

National licenses

The 2023 campaign for membership of the ISTEX platform has been launched. Interested establishments are invited to send order forms toAbes before February 24, 2023.
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The life of networks

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Network IdRef

IDREF : in January 2023, the number of available authority records stood at 5.9 million (including 3.7 million Individual records and almost 400,000 Community records). In one year, the number of records has increased by 6%. Abes encourages the network of Authority Correspondents to pay particular attention to the reporting of research structures and individuals linked to their university community.

TRAINING: the J.e-course "IdRef : expert research", held on February 2, is now available online.
QUALITY PROJECT The "Enrichment of authority records for status 1 natural persons" project is continuing, with 44 volunteer Authority Correspondents, in a spirit of emulation! Monthly meetings allow us to take stock of the most problematic cases. At the same time,Abes has processed almost 3,000 notices.
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Calames network

DEPLOYMENT: establishments wishing to join the Calames network must apply before March 15, 2023.
NETWORK DAY: Calames network members, correspondents or catalogers, are invited to take part in discussions and debates on June 16, 2023, at BULAC, on the theme of "Le voyage des données: à la conquête des publics". We'll be talking about data flow and transformation, interoperability between Calames and other applications, and the reuse of data by the various audiences who can make use of it. The pre-programme and opening of registration will be announced at a later date.
EAD GOOD PRACTICES: a first set of revised good practices concerning the main EAD descriptive elements has been on line since February 7, on the dedicated library EAD site. Correspondents Calames will be informed of their implementation date, and will be able to attend a "J.e-cours" on this subject in March.
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Sudoc network

    INVOICING: 2023 invoices will be sent to establishments at the end of the first quarter of 2023. Relations withAbes have been informed. Purchase order references are to be provided to the Finance Department atAbes before February 24.

    DEPLOYMENT: establishments wishing to join the Sudoc network must submit their applications before March 15, 2023.
    RECORDING OF DIGITAL MONOGRAPHIES: two new instructions have been issued for this type of document: "enter a date in the mention of distribution" and "create as many records as there are distributors". Cataloguers have been informed by e-mail.

    UNIMARC 2023 IMPLEMENTATIONS: instructions for the new UNIMARC bibliographic and authority formats, implemented at Sudoc and IdRef on January 9, are now available in a J.e-course.
    QUALIMARC: prior to its forthcoming release in March 2023, the Sudoc bibliographic record quality diagnostic tool has been tested by co-developers. A blog post at Punktokomo details the testing process.
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    Sudoc PS network

    ACTIVITY REPORT 2022 : Sudoc-PS network center managers must submit their activity report for 2022 by March 31. The annual payment of the subsidy allocated to the RC byAbes will be made after receipt of the report, as stipulated in the agreement.

    BACON: Issue 108 of Arabesques features an article on "BACON, facilitating the reporting of open access periodicals in discovery tools and on Sudoc", by Delphine Bleesz and Morgane Parra.
    CIDEMIS: the sender address for automatic e-mails sent by the Cidemis application has changed, as of January 24. The sender address is now "noreply-cidemis[AROBASE]wsmail.abes.fr. Colleagues who have created their own are invited to update their e-mail filters.
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    Theses network

    REPORTING THESISES OBTAINED THROUGH VAE: documents presented at the defense of a thesis obtained through VAE must be archived, reported in theses.fr and the Sudoc catalog, and distributed.

    TRAINING: a face-to-face training session on the STAR application is scheduled for March, for all new users of the application.
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    Dates to remember

    • February 6 to 9: "Catalogueur d'un établissement du réseau Sudoc" training course at Paris-CNAM, run by Gaëlle Bahèzre, training consultant
    • February 24: deadline for sending purchase orders for invoicing Sudoc and ISTEX
    • March 6 to 9: "Catalogueur d'un établissement du réseau Sudoc" training course in Rennes, run by Aurore Sorieux, training consultant
    • March 13 to 16: "Catalogueur d'un établissement du réseau Sudoc" training course at Paris-MNHN, given by Marie-Line Guillaumée, trainer-relais
    • March 13 to 15:"Correspondant STAR" training course at theAbes
    • March 15: deadline for applications to join the Calames or Sudoc
    • March 16: J.e-course"Presentation and use of QualiMarc".
    • March 31: deadline for CRs to submit their 2022 activity report
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    The Agulhon collection at the University of Avignon BU

    Historian Maurice Agulhon (professor at the Collègue de France and specialist in the institutions of the French Republic) has donated his working library to the BU d'Avignon, illustrating his main areas of research: republican symbolism, southern sociability, political sociology in the 19th century. The documents (monographs and periodicals, iconographic documents and even objects) are currently being catalogued at Sudoc.
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