====== HPB technical aspects ======

These pages contain information about:

  * [[Modes of Access to the HPB Database]] - where to log in; how to make use of IP recognition for connecting to the HPB Database; free access for Cluster Libraries; and how to obtain a free trial period.
  * Information for institutions that wish to [[:en:resources:hpb:fileproc:main|contribute]] bibliographical data to the HPB Database - cataloguing rules, special cataloguing fields, procedures for file contributions, including vetting, conversions and the {{en:fileproc:filproc2.pdf|Memorandum of Agreement}} that file providers are asked to sign.
  * [[:en:resources:hpb:technical:output|Exporting HPB records]] in MARC21 and UNIMARC formats (MARC21 through OCLC's interfaces and UNIMARC via Z39.50), the HPB Database [[:en:resources:hpb:technical:output#Copyright notice|Copyright notice]] and information on [[:en:resources:hpb:technical:output#Citing HPB records|how to cite]] HPB records in (scholarly) publications.
  * Future Technical Developments - how we plan to improve the HPB Database in the coming years.

Go to [[en:resources:hpb:main|HPB Introduction]] to find out more about the HPB Database and its contents.