Copac

Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues (COPAC)
	Copac was funded by Jisc , to deliver a service to the UK community on the basis of an agreement with Research Libraries UK (RLUK)
Type of site	Union catalogue ; Bibliographic database
Available in	English
Owner	Jisc ; Research Libraries UK ;
URL	copac .jisc .ac .uk
Current status	Superseded by Library Hub Discover

Copac (originally an acronym of Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues) was a union catalogue which provided free access to the merged online catalogues of many major research libraries and specialist libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, plus the British Library , the National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales . ^[1] It had over 40 million records ^[2] from around 90 libraries as of 2019, ^[3] representing a wide range of materials across all subject areas. Copac was freely available to all, ^[2] and was widely used, with users mainly coming from Higher Education institutions in the United Kingdom, but also worldwide. ^[4] Copac was valued by users as a research tool. ^[4]

Copac was searchable through with a web browser or Z39.50 client. It was also accessible through OpenURL and Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) interfaces. ^[5] These interfaces could be used to provide links to items on Copac from external sites, such as those used on the Institute of Historical Research website. ^[6]

Copac was a Jisc service provided for the UK community on the basis of an agreement with Research Libraries UK (RLUK). ^[7] The service used records supplied by RLUK members, as well as an increasing range of specialist libraries with collections of national research interest. A full list of contributors is available ^[8] including the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty , the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , the Middle Temple library and Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Library. ^[2]^[9]

In July 2019, Jisc replaced COPAC with Library Hub Discover . ^[10]^[3]^[11]

References [ edit ]

^ Cousins, Shirley (1997). "COPAC: The New Nationally Accessible Union Catalogue" . Ariadne (8). Archived from the original on May 5, 2021 . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .
^ ^a ^b ^c (Jisc), Copac service. "About Copac" . copac.ac.uk .
^ ^a ^b "Use Jisc Library Hub Discover to search all UK University and National Libraries at once" . University of Aberdeen . July 28, 2019. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020 . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .
^ ^a ^b Anon (2014). "Copac User Survey" (PDF) . blog.copac.ac.uk .
^ (Jisc), Copac service. "Copac for Developers" . copac.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 2015-06-08 . Retrieved 2015-02-03 .
^ "Saints in Exile ? History On-line" . www.history.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 2018-03-27 . Retrieved 2015-12-11 .
^ (Jisc), Copac service. "Copac National, Academic and Specialist Library Catalogue" . copac.ac.uk .
^ (Jisc), Copac service. "Libraries on Copac" . copac.ac.uk .
^ Cousins, Shirley; Massam, Diana (2016). "Copac developments and the Copac Collection Management service". Interlending & Document Supply . 44 (1): 17?19. doi : 10.1108/ILDS-11-2015-0036 . ISSN 0264-1615 .
^ "Jisc Library Hub Discover" . discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk . Retrieved 31 July 2019 .
^ Grindley, Neil (June 16, 2019). "Nearly time to say...'"goodbye Copac and SUNCAT!" " . Jisc Library services . Archived from the original on December 7, 2021 . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .

[new-1] Cousins, Shirley (1997). "COPAC: The New Nationally Accessible Union Catalogue" . Ariadne (8). Archived from the original on May 5, 2021 . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .

[copac_about-2] (Jisc), Copac service. "About Copac" . copac.ac.uk .

[discover-3] "Use Jisc Library Hub Discover to search all UK University and National Libraries at once" . University of Aberdeen . July 28, 2019. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020 . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .

[copac_survey-4] Anon (2014). "Copac User Survey" (PDF) . blog.copac.ac.uk .

[eves-5] (Jisc), Copac service. "Copac for Developers" . copac.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 2015-06-08 . Retrieved 2015-02-03 .

[isbneg-6] "Saints in Exile ? History On-line" . www.history.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 2018-03-27 . Retrieved 2015-12-11 .

[7] (Jisc), Copac service. "Copac National, Academic and Specialist Library Catalogue" . copac.ac.uk .

[copac_libraries-8] (Jisc), Copac service. "Libraries on Copac" . copac.ac.uk .

[CousinsMassam2016-9] Cousins, Shirley; Massam, Diana (2016). "Copac developments and the Copac Collection Management service". Interlending & Document Supply . 44 (1): 17?19. doi : 10.1108/ILDS-11-2015-0036 . ISSN 0264-1615 .

[JLHD-10] "Jisc Library Hub Discover" . discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk . Retrieved 31 July 2019 .

[goodbye-11] Grindley, Neil (June 16, 2019). "Nearly time to say...'"goodbye Copac and SUNCAT!" " . Jisc Library services . Archived from the original on December 7, 2021 . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .

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