Document (#31547)

Author

Bretney, N.

Title

Building a Caribbean bibliographic database : a view from a cataloguer's desk

Source

Cataloging and classification quarterly. 8(1988) nos.3/4, S.187-197

Year

1988

Abstract

This article discusses the fundamentals of planning for a Caribbean bibliographic database. The database must be international in scope because the participants are from several countries; it must be multilingual because four official languages are found in the region. Fundamental considerations include those of bibliographic description and the ability to exchange data, authority files, including those for series and subjects, the comparative merits of printed and online thesauri, the addition of abstracts to bibliographic records, the question as to whether cataloging should be centralized or decentralized, and finally, the utility of retrospective bibliographic control.

Footnote

Simultaneously published as National and International Bibliographic Databases: Trends and Prospects

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