Universal Bibliographic Control today: preliminary remarks

Koskas, Mathilde Universal Bibliographic Control today: preliminary remarks. JLIS.it, 2022, vol. 13, n. 1, pp. 1-7. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Universal Bibliographic Control was formulated in the 1960s and 1970s, and was at the core of international bibliographic productions and exchange in the subsequent decades. However, in a digital ecosystem that is very different from the context in which it was born and thrived, it is important to examine what Universal Bibliographic Control means to the international bibliographic community, that is, the producers and managers of bibliographic – and authority – metadata, today. This paper is meant to invite discussion and reflections and to resonate with the various papers from the International conference on Bibliographic control in the digital ecosystem, organised by the University of Florence in February 2021. It focuses on the future of interoperability and the role of UBC in a democratic society, in the context of mass digital information, and its companion technologies.

Italian abstract

Universal Bibliographic Control was formulated in the 1960s and 1970s, and was at the core of international bibliographic productions and exchange in the subsequent decades. However, in a digital ecosystem that is very different from the context in which it was born and thrived, it is important to examine what Universal Bibliographic Control means to the international bibliographic community, that is, the producers and managers of bibliographic – and authority – metadata, today. This paper is meant to invite discussion and reflections and to resonate with the various papers from the International conference on Bibliographic control in the digital ecosystem, organised by the University of Florence in February 2021. It focuses on the future of interoperability and the role of UBC in a democratic society, in the context of mass digital information, and its companion technologies.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Universal Bibliographic Control;; Metadata;; Interoperability
Date deposited: 15 Sep 2026 05:09
Last modified: 15 Sep 2026 05:09
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48845

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