Conference report: Universal Bibliographic Control at the crossroads, a report on the satellite meeting

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By Maud Henry, Mathilde Koskas, and Pat Riva Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) is a fundamental principle for national libraries, formulated over 50 years ago by IFLA and UNESCO. IFLA’s last official document on the subject, the IFLA Professional Statement on Universal Bibliographic Control, dates back to 2012, and the federation had not devoted a general […]

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News from Sweden

By Linda Jerrewing Strömberg, National Library of Sweden In an ongoing move towards better utilisation of its linked data environment, the Swedish union catalogue Libris was in 2023 remodeled to enable cataloguing of stand-alone bibliographic BIBFRAME work entities. Click here to get the full article – IFLA Metadata Newsletter – Dec. 2023

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WLIC 2023 Satellite Meeting – Universal Bibliographic Control at the crossroads: the challenges of unifying IFLA bibliographic standards

The IFLA Satellite Meeting on Universal Bibliographic Control at the crossroads: the challenges of unifying IFLA bibliographic standards took place in Brussels (KBR) on August 18 and 19, 2023. Universal Bibliographic Control is a fundamental principle for national libraries, formulated over 50 years ago by IFLA and UNESCO. IFLA’s last official document on the subject, […]

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European Retrospective Bibliographies at CERL

European Retrospective Bibliographies at CERL Early in 2022, the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL – www.cerl.org) established a Working Group on Retrospective Bibliographies. The Working Group’s main focus was to identify electronic resources with bibliographical descriptions for national, regional, format-specific (i.e. incunabula, newspapers) or language-specific print cultures (up to 1830). Over the years, CERL […]

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Italian translation of Common Practices published

The Italian translation of the Common Practices for National Bibliographies in the Digital Age was recently completed and has now been published in the IFLA Repository: Pratiche condivise per le bibliografie nazionali nell’era digitale

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From Cataloguing to Metadata Creation: A Cultural and Methodological Introduction

Mauro Guerrini, a member of the Bibliography Standing Committee, recently published the book From Cataloguing to Metadata Creation: A Cultural and Methodological Introduction. More information about the book, along with information on purchasing the book, can be found at: https://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/?K=9781783306282

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New file in Names of Persons project

The Cataloguing Section’s Names of Persons project webpage (https://www.ifla.org/g/cataloguing/names-of-persons/) has a new file from Poland for Polish language authors. The file follows the usual structure of NoP files: Elements forming part of a name, Additional elements to names and Order of elements in catalogue headings. The document has been prepared by the National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa). I want to […]

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