The Permanent UNIMARC Committee (PUC) was formed in 1991, in accordance with resolution No. 5 issued at the Seminar on Bibliographic Records held in Stockholm before the IFLA General Conference, August 1990, with the purpose to control the UNIMARC standard in accordance with the principles of Universal Bibliographic Control. It was part of UBCIM Core Activity. Since 2003 the PUC was functioning within the UNIMARC Strategic Programme. Since 2021 it is functioning as UNIMARC Committee review group under Advisory Committee on Standards.

Terms of Reference

The main objective of the review group is to maintain and develop the UNIMARC formats. In this role, the UNIMARC Committee:

  • maintains the UNIMARC format by discussing proposals documented by the UNIMARC Office on behalf of UNIMARC users and officially approving changes to the format. It liaises with Bibliography, Cataloguing and Classification & Indexing Sections, as well as with related Review Groups, on matters of mutual interest;
  • reviews the further development of the UNIMARC format to encompass new functions and new forms of materials and officially approves the results, and
  • acts as a review committee for UNIMARC documentation published by IFLA.

Members

The review group consists of a minimum of 7 and no more than 9 standing members, who are experts in UNIMARC and come from different countries and institutions having active UNIMARC experience. A maximum of 12 corresponding experts may be appointed for a two-year term to represent other geographical areas of UNIMARC expertise. Members are:

Mentors: Rosa Galvão (Portugal) and Mirna Willer (Croatia)

Activities

The UNIMARC Committee meets once a year. Reports:

Reports of informal meetings at the IFLA General Conference:

UNIMARC Action Plan:

UNIMARC Strategic Programme Reports:

Action plan with ICABS Strategic Plan:

Activity Reports issued with ICABS:

Publications

The PUC is responsible for the preparation and dissemination of IFLA publications and other documentation regarding UNIMARC. See the complete list of UNIMARC publications and UNIMARC formats with updates and related resources.

Contact Addresses

Gordana Mazić
Chair, Permanent UNIMARC Committee

IZUM – Institute of Information Science
Prešernova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor
Slovenia
Tel. +386 2 252 03 31
email: gordana.mazic@izum.si