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ISBD namespaces published

ISBD Review Group and ISBD/XML Study Group — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:35:10 +0100

Namespaces for the consolidated edition of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) have been published in Resource Description Framework (RDF), the basis of the Semantic Web. The namespaces can be accessed at http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/.

Cataloguing Section

Call for papers

IFLA — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:29:34 +0100

IFLA Bibliography Section and IFLA Cataloguing Section invite proposals for papers to be presented at a joint satellite meeting prior to the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2012.

IFLA Bibliography Section endorsed in 2009 the publication National Bibliographies in the Digital Age: Guidance and New Directions. (IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control ; 39)

Cataloguing Section

Call for papers

IFLA — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:13:09 +0100

The IFLA Cataloguing Section (IFLA CATS) invites proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Helsinki, Finland, August 11-17-2012.

In the 2012 open session the Cataloguing Committee wants to examine how well our rules and standards support an information infrastructure that fits user needs.

Cataloguing Section

Call for papers

IFLA — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:59:50 +0100

The Cataloguing Section has issued a call for papers for its programme at the IFLA conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in August 2011.

Cataloguing Section

MulDiCat published

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:03:29 +0200

The Multilingual Dictionary of Cataloguing Terms and Concepts (MulDiCat) has been released in a preliminary form.

Cataloguing Section

Survey on metadata decisions for digital libraries

Marcia Zeng, Jaesun Lee and Allene Hayes — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:44:00 +0200

Metadata Decisions for Digital Libraries is a survey undertaken in 2007 by Marcia Zeng (Kent State University), Jaesun Lee (National Library of Korea), and Allene Hayes (Library of Congress) to identify major issues and concerns in the metadata community that should be addressed by the IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for Digital Libraries. The questionnaire was tested with the help of IFLA Cataloguing Section members, distributed through the IFLA listserv, and later further forwarded by IFLA members to oth

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Worldwide review of ISBD

ISBD Review Group — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:29:15 +0200

After more than two years since the publication of the ISBD preliminary consolidated edition, 2007, we present now for your review the following draft.

Clean draft of ISBD for worldwide review

This draft takes into account suggestions received from the previous worldwide review of the preliminary consolidated edition that were not resolved at that time as well as many other issues.

Cataloguing Section

Call for papers

Cataloguing Section — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:33:37 +0100

The Cataloguing Section has issued a call for papers for its programme at the IFLA conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, in August 2010.

Cataloguing Section

ISBD Area 0 published

ISBD Review Group — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:03:05 +0100

Area 0: Content Form and Media Type Area has been published. It is an amendment to the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD).

Cataloguing Section

Full ISBD Examples published

ISBD Review Group — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:31:40 +0100

Full ISBD Examples, a collection of full bibliographic descriptions following the ISBD guidelines, has been published. It is a supplement to the preliminary consolidated edition of the International Standard Bibliographic Description.

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