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Facilitating access to documents or materials Guidance in searching information Vital element for effective reference &
information services Recording and expanding knowledge Stimulating R & D Avoiding duplication in R & D Encouraging cooperation, exchange and sharing
of information between institutions and nations
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Increasing of information
Variation of information
Information as an entity that can be created,
processed and disseminated ‘Passive’ information has become an ‘active’
information
The use of computerized technology in
information processing
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Universal
International National Organizational
Individual
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Promoted by IFLA in early 1970s
Concepts – Creation of a network made up of
component national parts, each of which covers
a wide range of publishing and library activities,
all integrated at the international levels to form
the total system
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Aims – “promotion of the world-wide system forthe control and exchange of bibliographic
information. The purpose of the system is tomake universally and promptly available, in a
form which is internationally acceptable, basic
bibliographic data on all publications issued in all
countries”
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International Conference on Cataloguing
Principles (Paris, 1961) – rationalization of the
cataloguing standard (standardization of thechoice and form of heading, concept of mainentry, choice of personal or corporate headings
for entries and the use of uniform headings for
consistency)
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International Meeting of Cataloguing Experts(Copenhagen, 1969) – efforts should be directedtowards creating system for the international
exchange of information by which the standardbibliographic description of each publication wouldbe established and distributed (through the mediumof cards and machine readable records) by national
agency in the country of origin of the publication
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Early 1970s, IFLA Committee on Cataloguing
established International Office for UBC at The
British Library Reference Division in London
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The means of ensuring that it is
possible to make the bibliographicrecord of each new publication as it is
issued (legal deposit/similar
governmental regulation, etc.)
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Each national bibliographic agency should:
1. Establish the authoritative bibliographic recordfor each new publication issued in the country
2. Publish those records as soon as possible3.Produce and distribute the records in a standard
physical forms (cards machine readable tape,etc.)
4. Receive, distribute and exchange those recordswith other country
5. Create a retrospective national bibliography
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The development of the International StandardBibliographic Description – as an instrument forinternational communication of bibliographical
information
The improvement of national bibliographies – “Guidelines for the National Bibliographic Agency
and the National Bibliography” (InternationalCongress on National Bibliographies; Paris 1977)
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The development of international standards for
the exchange of bibliographic records in machine
readable form – established UNIMARC – the
international descriptive format designed tofacilitate the exchange of machine-readable
records
The standardization of forms of headings for the
bibliographic records – published list for uniform
headings
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Leading international body representing interests of
library and information services and their users
Global voice of the library & information profession
Founded in Edinburgh in 1927 at InternationalConference
IFLA was registered in the Netherlands in 1971, in theHague – headquarters
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It is an independent, international, non-
governmental, not for profit organization. Aims
are:
1. Promote high standards of provision and
delivery of library and information services
2. Encourage understanding of the value of goodlibrary & information services
3. Represent interest of members throughout the
world
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IFLA embraces the following core values:
- Believe that people, communities & organization
has the rights to free access of information, ideasand work of imagination
- Believe that the provision & delivery of high
quality & information services help guarantee
that access
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- Committed to enabling library associations &institutions and their staff to participate in the workof the federation
- Promote the principles of freedom of access toinformation, ideas and works of imagination
•Financial – grants from UNESCO, Institutional,
National Libraries and members fees