BDS: Data and innovation opening new possibilites

Enhance Your Catalogue

Enhance your catalogue to improve access to the collections you hold and ensure interoperability across catalogues. More

BDS uses its database to undertake a complete enhancement of your catalogue. Your local information is protected and merged with the enriched information from our files. Our database can even supply images of jacket covers from our extensive archive.
Our service allows you to upgrade catalogue records individually or in batches. All you need to do is provide us with a file of ISBNs and local data for the records you wish to enhance.

BDS Image Gallery

BDS Image Gallery includes cover images and internal scans for books, covers for audio books, DVDs, videos and games, screenshots for computer games, film trailers and audio clips. There is a huge databank dating back to 1995 covering most of the popular stock you are likely to have in your library. More

Images as part of the library catalogue increase the chances of people finding what they want, reducing frustration and enhancing the search experience while increasing lending. That is why the BDS Image Gallery is an important resource to keep your library in the public eye.

Access to the BDS Image Gallery is available to everyone via XML API or the BDS Image Grabber service. XML API uses no space on the library service server. The images are taken seamlessly onto the screen of the user directly from the BDS server.

Enhance Your OPAC with Libray Look-up

Make your catalogue come alive with BDS’s Library Look-up. More

This easy to implement service allows access for your library users, via the OPAC, to all of the enhancements which BDS offers, including cover images, internal image scans, contents information, long descriptions, book reviews, contributor notes, film trailers, games screenshots and audio clips.

There is no need to use space on your library’s storage system – the enhancements come straight from the BDS server direct to your customers.