Bibliographic formats used in Argentine libraries and its implications for the description of content online catalogs

  • Ana M. Martínez Universidad Nacional de La Plata Departamento de Bibliotecología Cátedra de C1asificación 1. Calle 48 e/6 y 7-5" piso. 1900 La Plata
  • Susana Ramón Universidad Nacional de La Plata Departamento de Bibliotecología Cátedra de C1asificación 1. Calle 48 e/6 y 7-5" piso. 1900 La Plata
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i1.1044
Keywords: Subject description, Information exchange, Bibliographic formats, On-line catalogs, Argentine libraries

Abstract

Four bibliographic formats. broadly used in argentine libraries (CEPAL, FOCAO, BIBUN, and SIGEBI), are compared with USMARC and UNIMARC in order to assess their compliance with the recommendations for improvement of subject searches in on-line catalogs, and their possibilities for information exchange witl1 other systems. We conclude that the formats used in Argentina show deficiencies in the treatment of subject headings. identifiers, non-controlled terms, and form/genre terms, having no complementary authority and classification data formats. In addition, several differences in the number and repeatibility of subfields may difficult the information exchange with other national and international systems.

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Martínez, A. M., & Ramón, S. (1). Bibliographic formats used in Argentine libraries and its implications for the description of content online catalogs. Información, Cultura Y Sociedad, (1), 27-48. https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i1.1044
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No 1 (1999)
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