According to the order of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, dated August 18, 2006 No. 193, the Belarusian format for the representation and communication of bibliographic data in machine-readable form (BELMARC), and the Belarusian format for the representation and communication of authority / standard records in machine-readable form (BELMARC / Authorities) are recommended as exchange formats for bibliographic and authority records, used by libraries participating in corporate cataloging, as well as formats for storing records in the union electronic catalog and the national database of authority records.
The full version of the formats:
Guidelines for applying BELMARC Format:
Full-text guidelines for applying BELMARC Format are provided to the libraries of the Republic of Belarus free of charge. Please send a letter of enquiry to the postal address of the National Library of Belarus or email belmarc@nlb.by.
Methodological support of the BELMARC Format is provided by the BELMARC Format development sector of the library and information technologies department of the National Library of Belarus.
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 29 93 (authority records) Zoya Petrovskaya.
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 29 03 (bibliographic records) Natalya Shamko.