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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