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From: Daryl Green <dtg4(a)st-andrews.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 2:44 PM
[apologies for cross-posting]
CALL FOR PAPERS:
*“A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And
how?” *
22nd February 2016, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon)
The Rare Books and Special Collections Section of IFLA (RBSCS) invite paper
proposals for a one-day conference being held at the Biblioteca Nacional de
Portugal (Lisbon) on the 22 February 2016, sponsored by the IFLA RBSCS and
the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal.
This conference will aim to bring the discussion of changing trends and
standards for the description of early printed books and special
collections in all formats, for instance archives, audio-visual and
born-digital material, to an international stage. In an age when catalogues
and metadata are shared across libraries, systems and borders, should there
be a common international standard for the cataloguing of rare books and
special collections? Is this a desirable or attainable goal? What might
such a common standard look like, and how might it be achieved?
Possible topics:
- existing national and international standards
- case studies of the adoption, adaptation or rejection of particular
cataloguing standards at institutional or national level
- methodology and delivery of shared cataloguing programmes and data
interoperability
- integrating standards for different formats
- theoretical, methodological or historical perspectives
- the needs of researchers and other users, or of cataloguers and other
data creators
Papers should be 20 minutes in length and can be in any of any of the seven
official IFLA languages <http://www.ifla.org/language-policy>.
The committee will also accept proposals for posters (maximum width of
80cm) which can be displayed in the conference venue on the day of the
event.
Please submit abstracts for papers or posters of up to 500 words to Daryl
Green, Section Information Coordinator, dtg4(a)st-andrews.ac.uk
Deadline: 8 January 2016
*Daryl Green*
*Rare Books Librarian*
University of St Andrews Library
Special Collections Division
Library Annexe
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St Andrews
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Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462325
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