Nielsen to become the main supplier of Bibliographic records

As previously confirmed, from Tuesday 1 April 2025 it will no longer be possible to receive BDS MARC Records from Base. Nielsen BookData (Nielsen BD) has been reestablished as the major supplier of bibliographic metadata to Base. Customers who have experience of receiving Nielsen BookData via Base in the past can rest assured that trade data will not be included thereby conserving a library-appropriate and high quality source of data that all Library Management Cloud (LMC) customers expect.

In readiness for 1 April some simple updates to your system parameters will be required.

For Customers who subscribe to AMS:

No further action is required by you. If you are an Assist Managed Service subscriber, ESS will do this on your behalf.

Your assigned AMS Analyst will proactively create a Case prior to 21 March 2025 to record and track progress of the changes they will be making to your system on your behalf.

For Customers who manage their own system parameters:

We recommend that you follow the instructions in this document as soon as possible and no later than 28 March 2025 to ensure that the Nielsen BD database is accessible to you and active for Base searches from day 1.

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