The ISBD(ER) and New Developments in Cataloging Electronic Resources [Version presented at the International Conference]

Sandberg-Fox, Ann M.

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Abstract:

The topic is the ISBD(ER)--the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources--and a discussion of new developments affecting the cataloging of these resources that have taken place since the ISBD(ER) was published in 1997. The ISBD(ER) is a revision of the ISBD(CF)- -the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Computer Files, which was produced and published in 1989. That first edition, in turn, was developed from the ISBD(NBM)--the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Non-Book Materials--which was first published in 1977 and contained the earliest provisions for covering materials that were then called machine-readable data files. The ISBD(ER) is one of seven ISBDs. While all have been affected over time by developments that have resulted in their revision, the ISBD(ER) has been particularly vulnerable to revision due to rapid advances in the technology and the emergence of new materials and formats that are--and continue to be--volatile. Contents: 0.5 Sources of information; General material designation (GMD); Edition Area; Type and Extent of Resource Area; Physical Description Area; Notes Area; Standard Number (or Alternative Area); What lies ahead?; Where are the ISBD(ER) and AACR2 headed?

Creation: 01 Jan 2001
Keywords: I. Information treatement for information services (Information functions and techniques)

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