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As of 22 April 2009 IFLA has a totally redesigned new website
This old website and all of its content will stay on as archive –http://archive.ifla.org
Announcements
The Statement of International Cataloguing Principles has been published.
Press Releases
New publications
The International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) – preliminary consolidated edition has been published by K.G. Saur. It was presented at the World Library and Information Congress in Durban, South Africa, in August 2007.
A list of uniform titles for African epics, Anonymous Classics: African literature: epics and assimilated, has been drafted for the Working Group on Anonymous Classics by Nadine Boddaert. This is a preliminary draft only; any comments and suggestions to improve this list are most welcome.
Scope
The Section proposes and develops cataloguing rules, guidelines and standards for bibliographic information taking into account the developing electronic and networked environment in order to promote universal access to and exchange of bibliographic and authority information.
The Section has close relationships with many organizations and institutions including national cataloguing and standardization committees, various multinational organizations, various committees of ISO, especially with TC46, with the Bibliography SectionClassification and Indexing Section, and Information Technology Section, and in particular with ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards).
Strategic Plan
2007-2009IME ICC
A series of five regional IFLA Meetings of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code (IME ICC) took place from 2003 to 2007. They produced a Statement of International Cataloguing Principles that was published in February 2009.
Affiliated Groups
- Maintains the International Standard Bibliographic Description
- Maintains the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
- Working Group on Metadata for Digital Objects
Division of Bibliographic Control's Procedures for electing members to IFLA review groups
Other working groups of interest
- Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records (FRANAR)
- Working Group on Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR)
Publications
The Cataloguing Section is responsible for the ISBDFRBR, and a number of other standards and documents in the field of bibliographic control. Some of these are issued in the IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control.
The list of publications includes those which are available as PDF files.
SCATNews
SCATNews is the online newsletter of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section.
Annual Reports
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
Reports of the liaison to the ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access
Minutes of Meetings
2008: Québec, Canada
2007: Durban, South Africa
2006: Seoul, Korea
2005: Oslo, Norway
2004: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMailing list
CATSMAIL: Cataloguing Section's Standing Committee Mailing List
Submissions:catsmail@infoserv.inist.frStanding Committee officers
For contact information, click on a name to link to the committee roster.
Chair/Treasurer
Anders Cato
Head of Cataloguing
Kungl. biblioteket (National Library of Sweden)
SwedenLatest revision: 18 February 2009
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As of 22 April 2009 IFLA has a totally redesigned new website
This old website and all of its content will stay on as archive –http://archive.ifla.org
Cataloguing Section
Announcements
The Statement of International Cataloguing Principles has been published.
Press Releases
New publications
The International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) – preliminary consolidated edition has been published by K.G. Saur. It was presented at the World Library and Information Congress in Durban, South Africa, in August 2007.
A list of uniform titles for African epics, Anonymous Classics: African literature: epics and assimilated, has been drafted for the Working Group on Anonymous Classics by Nadine Boddaert. This is a preliminary draft only; any comments and suggestions to improve this list are most welcome.
Scope
The Cataloguing Section analyzes the functions of cataloguing activities for all types of material and media, including both bibliographic and authority information, for the benefit of all users.
The Section proposes and develops cataloguing rules, guidelines and standards for bibliographic information taking into account the developing electronic and networked environment in order to promote universal access to and exchange of bibliographic and authority information.
The Section has close relationships with many organizations and institutions including national cataloguing and standardization committees, various multinational organizations, various committees of ISO, especially with TC46, with the Bibliography Section, Classification and Indexing Section, and Information Technology Section, and in particular with ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards).
Strategic Plan
2007-2009IME ICC
A series of five regional IFLA Meetings of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code (IME ICC) took place from 2003 to 2007. They produced a Statement of International Cataloguing Principles that was published in February 2009.
Affiliated Groups
- ISBD Review Group
- Maintains the International Standard Bibliographic Description
- FRBR Review Group
- Maintains the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
- Working Group on Metadata for Digital Objects
Division of Bibliographic Control's Procedures for electing members to IFLA review groups
Other working groups of interest
- Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records (FRANAR)
- Working Group on Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR)
Publications
The Cataloguing Section is responsible for the ISBD, FRBR, and a number of other standards and documents in the field of bibliographic control. Some of these are issued in the IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control.
The list of publications includes those which are available as PDF files.
SCATNews
SCATNews is the online newsletter of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section.
Annual Reports
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
Reports of the liaison to the ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access
Minutes of Meetings
2008: Québec, Canada
2007: Durban, South Africa
2006: Seoul, Korea
2005: Oslo, Norway
2004: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMailing list
CATSMAIL: Cataloguing Section's Standing Committee Mailing List
Submissions:catsmail@infoserv.inist.frStanding Committee officers
For contact information, click on a name to link to the committee roster.
Chair/Treasurer
Anders Cato
Head of Cataloguing
Kungl. biblioteket (National Library of Sweden)
SwedenLatest revision: 18 February 2009
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