Una base dati speciale per i libri animati

This paper describes the project to build and develop a specific website for an accurate description of pop-up books as an independent database yet sharing data with the collective catalogue of Italian libraries SBN. As a result of an agreement between the Sapienza University of Rome, the Fondazione Tancredi di Barolo and the Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and for Bibliographic Information, the database will comprise at its core some hundreds of extraordinary pop-up books of the collection of the Fondazione Tancredi di Barolo. The description of books from collections which have not joined the SBN network, including libraries abroad, will be allowed as well. Records will be based on SBN guidelines for bibliographic description, but will also be intended to encourage a more detailed description for pop-up books and to develop a tailored vocabulary for their peculiar features, which has been lacking to date. Additional information and resources, such as links to external references and digital images, will be a further improvement in order to support users in retrieving, accessing and studying these wonderfully rare and special materials.