Standards and models

Bibliographical conceptual models (LRM, FRBR, FRAD, FRSAD, FRBRoo, PRESSoo)

ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description)

International Cataloguing Principles (ICP)

Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (2016)

Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (2009)

Earlier drafts

Statement of Principles adopted by the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles (Paris, 1961)

Projects and guidelines

Anonymous Classics

Names of Persons

Multilingual Dictionary of Cataloguing Terms and Concepts (MulDiCat)  [representation in IFLA namespaces]

Guidelines for Authority Records and References (GARR)
2nd edition, 2001

Structures of Corporate Name Headings: Final Report (November 2000)

Guidelines for Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Displays (2005)

International Standard Authority Data Number
A Review of the Feasibility of an International Standard Authority Data Number (ISADN)
Prepared for the IFLA Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records
by Barbara B. Tillett (July 2008)

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps Towards an International Cataloguing Code

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps Towards an International Cataloguing Code, 2.
(in English and Spanish)

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps Towards an International Cataloguing Code, 3.
(in Arabic and English)

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 4.
(in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean)

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 5.
(in English, French, and Portuguese)
IFLA series on bibliographic control, vol. 35. München: K.G. Saur, 2008.

Publications of interest outside the Cataloguing Section

List of Uniform Titles for Liturgical Works of the Latin Rites of the Catholic Church (Working Group on Uniform Headings for Liturgical Works)

Mandatory Data Elements for Internationally Shared Resource Authority Records: Report of the IFLA UBCIM Working Group on Minimal Level Authority Records and ISADN (1998)

Sharing of Bibliographic Information and Resources – IFLA Bibliographic Standards and Interoperability

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