IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity


Site Search IFLA UNIMARC In This Document News Background and goals Permanent UNIMARC Committee (PUC) Publications Strategic Plan Activity Reports Conferences Contact Address Mailing List	IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA) News! UNIMARC SURVEY 2008 – Invitation to participate UNIMARC users worldwide are invited to participate in a survey aimed at updating knowledge on the usage of UNIMARC and related editorial and training activities. If you are a user of UNIMARC, or UNIMARC-based bibliographic format, let us know about its use in your country and your views on related activities. Please, use the Questionnaire and send your answers until 15 May! The results will be presented at IFLA 2008, Quebec. The 2nd UNIMARC Users Meeting took take place at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, the 14th of March 2008, following the 19th PUC Meeting. Opened by Dr. Maurizio Fallace, Director-General for Library Heritage, Cultural Institutes and Copyright and Antonia Fontana, Director of the BNCF, the event gathered 70 participants from 7 countries. Following introductory papers by Maria Inês Cordeiro, Director of the UCA and Alan Hopkinson, Chair of the PUC, the programme included seven presentations by users from Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Russia, France and the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL). See the abstracts. The presentations will be made available soon! New releases: IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control Volume 33: MANUEL UNIMARC. Format bibliographique – Order form / Bon de commande (DOC) UNIMARC Field 010 updated for the implementation of ISBN13 (July 2007) UNIMARC Guidelines no 8 : Serials and Other Continuing Resources (October 2006) UNIMARC Concise Bibliographic Format (2005) Background and goals Succeeding to the IFLA UBCIM Core Activity, the IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA) was established in 2003 with the responsibility for the maintenance and development of the Universal MARC format (UNIMARC), originally created by IFLA to facilitate the international exchange of bibliographic data. The purpose of UCA is to coordinate activities aimed at the development, maintenance and promotion of the UNIMARC format, now a set of four formats - Bibliographic, Authorities, Classification and Holdings - and related documentation, through the Permanent UNIMARC Committee (PUC). For a brief overview of the history, aims and general structure of UNIMARC see UNIMARC: an introduction. Understanding the UNIMARC format. UCA liaises with IFLA Division IV - Bibliographic Control activities and with ICABS - IFLA/CNDL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards. Whenever relevant, the UCA also liaises with other international organizations such as ISO TC46, the ISBN, ISSN and other standard number international agencies, ICA/CDS - Committee on Descriptive Standards and the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL). By agreement established with IFLA, the UCA has been hosted by the National Library of Portugal since 2003. Permanent UNIMARC Committee (PUC) The Permanent UNIMARC Committee (PUC) was formed in 1991, under the IFLA UBCIM Programme, and supersedes the UNIMARC review function formerly controlled by the International MARC Network Committee (IMNC), a joint IFLA and CDNL committee. The main objective of the PUC is to maintain the set of UNIMARC formats, by discussing proposals and officially approving changes to the format. It also advises in the promotion, training, research, testing and definition of priorities and strategies for the further development of UNIMARC. More information on the PUC composition and activities Publications UCA is responsible for the preparation and dissemination of IFLA publications and other documentation regarding UNIMARC. UNIMARC publication list Strategic Plan 2007-2009 Issued with ICABS Strategic Plan: 2005-2006 \| 2004-2005 Activity Reports Activity Report: 2006-2007 Strategies and Activities: 2004-2005 Annual Report 2003-2004 Activity Reports issued with ICABS: February - July 2006 August 2005 - January 2006 February 2005 - July 2005 August 2004 - January 2005 March - July 2004 October 2003 - February 2004 Past UNIMARC activities, up to 2003 Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Core Activity (UBCIM) Conferences 2007 - 73rd IFLA General Conference, Durban. UNIMARC in a changing information environment 2006 - International Conference UNIMARC & Friends: charting the new landscape of library standards, Lisbon, 20-21 March Proceedings published by Saur Verlag as IFLA Series of Bibliographic Control, no 30, ISBN-13: 978-3-598-24279-3. 2006 - 72 nd IFLA General Conference, Seoul Scripts, UNIMARC and UNICODE 2005 - 71st IFLA General Conference, Oslo. MARC/XML derivates: the state of the art 2004 - 70th IFLA General Conference, Buenos Aires. UNIMARC: The holdings record as a bibliographic control tool 2002 - 68th IFLA General Conference, Glasgow. UNIMARC Open Forum: Updating session on UNIMARC formats development activities with reports on technological aspects and strategic planning for UNIMARC 2001 - 61 th IFLA General Conference, Boston Information Exchange in the 21st Century: Formats and Standardization Contact Address IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity Maria Inês Cordeiro Biblioteca Nacional Campo Grande, 83 1749-081 LISBON Portugal Tel. +(351)217982022 Fax +(351)217982140 E-mail: icordeiro@bn.pt Mailing List UNIMARC-DIS is intended to promote international cooperation among librarians and other professionals using or interested in the UNIMARC formats. UNIMARC-DIS provides a medium for exchanging information and experiences, seeking assistance with difficult questions, promoting common professional interests and concerns, and encouraging cooperation. Web interface to subscribe/unsubscribe at: unimarc-dis@infoserv.inist.fr
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