What is ICCU?
Q: What is ICCU?
A: ICCU stands for Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico or Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and for Bibliographic Information. It is a government agency that manages the network and online catalog of the Italian National Library Service and an online collection of digitized documents and pictures held in Italian libraries.
Q: What does ICCU do?
A: ICCU manages the network and online catalog of the Italian National Library Service, manages Internet Culturale, an online collection of digitized documents and pictures held in Italian libraries, and publishes books and reports on library science in Italy. ICCU numbers serve as authority controls.
Q: When was ICCU created?
A: The ICCU was officially created in 1975.
Q: Who was ICCU's first director?
A: ICCU's first director was Angela Vinay (1922–1990).
Q: What did the ICCU replace?
A: The ICCU replaced the Centro nazionale per il catalogo unico (National Single Directory Center).
Q: When was the Centro nazionale per il catalogo unico founded?
A: The Centro nazionale per il catalogo unico was founded in 1951 to start building a single catalog for all of Italy's libraries.
Q: How many people did the ICCU have authority controls for as of February 2012?
A: As of February 2012, the ICCU had authority controls for the names of over 43,000 people.
