Virtual International Authority File

The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).Online Computer Library Center (OCLC),  "Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)"; retrieved 2013-3-15.

History
In 1998, the project was started by the German National Library and the U.S. Library of Congress.OCLC, "VIAF, A brief history"; retrieved 2013-3-15.

In 2003, VIAF was established.

The file numbers are being added to some Wikipedia articles about people.Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), "Wikipedia to add VIAF identifiers", citing  Wikipedia:Authority control integration proposal/RFC; retrieved 2013-03-15.

 Participating libraries 
 English-language name Native-language name (if non-English) Location Country Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and Bibliographic Information  Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico  Rome  Italy  German National Library  Deutsche Nationalbibliothek  Frankfurt  Germany   Getty Research Institute  –  Los Angeles, California  United States  Library and Archives Canada  Bibliothèque et Archives Canada  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  Library of Alexandria  Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Alexandria  Egypt  Library of Congress (NACO consortium) –  Washington, D.C.  United States National Library of Australia  –  Canberra  Australia National Library of France  Bibliothèque nationale de France  Paris  France   National Library of Israel  הספרייה הלאומית  Jerusalem  Israel  National Library of Portugal  Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal  Lisbon  Portugal  National Library of Spain  Biblioteca Nacional de España  Madrid  Spain   National Library of Sweden  Kungliga Biblioteket  Stockholm  Sweden  National Library of the Czech Republic  Národní knihovna České republiky  Prague  Czech Republic National Széchényi Library  Országos Széchényi Könyvtár  Budapest  Hungary RERO: Library Network of Western Switzerland  Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale or Westschweizer Bibliothekverbund   Switzerland French university library consortium  Système universitaire de documentation   France Swiss National Library  Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, Bibliothèque nationale suisse, Biblioteca nazionale svizzera,  Rete delle bibliotheche della Svizzera occidentale  Berne  Switzerland NUKAT: Union Catalogue of Polish Research Libraries  NUKAT: katalog zbiorów polskich bibliotek naukowych   Poland Vatican Library  Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana  –  Vatican City 

References

 Other websites 
 VIAF website 

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