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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1982
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED227872 |
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Table of Contents:
- Serial Publications Section. Collections and Services Division. Papers. Cataloging Databases Foreign Countries International Organizations International Programs Library Acquisition Library Associations Library Cooperation Serials Union Catalogs Papers on the acquisition and cataloging of serials presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "CONSER (CONversion of SERials): What It Is and How It Works," a description by Barrie A. F. Burns (Canada) of a North American cooperative serials cataloging project and its origins, management, standards, organization, participants, activities, input conventions, achievements, products, and problems; (2) "ISDS (International Serials Data System): World-wide Serials Control," a discussion by J. Szilvassy of the birth, objectives, and present and future role of ISDS--a machine-readable registry of international data on serials--and the theoretical and organizational aspects involved in the development of an international databank; (3) "NOSP (Nordisk Samkatalog over Periodica)," a description by Annika Salomonsen of the development of a joint Scandinavian union catalog of foreign serials in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; and (4) "The Work of a Periodicals Agent," a discussion by John Merriman of methods of serial acquisition, reasons for using an agent, subscription agency services and pricing policies, and the automation of serials processing and publishing. (ESR)