Basis for archival and librarian description standards

Authors

  • Carlos Oliva Marañón Universidad Rey Juan Carlos – URJC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2013.128

Keywords:

Archival description, Librarian description, Normalization, Description standards, Document analysis, Information needs, Digital documentation

Abstract

The archives, libraries and documentation centers have increased their visibility on the Internet in recent years to interact with users and them closer to the documentary in digital format. Standardization is any collective activity aimed at establishing and implementing standards to define requirements for goods, services and procedures. This research develops the main archival description standards (NEDA, ISAD) and librarian (ISBD, MARC). This process is considered a documentary analysis operation that respects the principle of provenance. The special characteristics of the archive document, the adaptation of the rules relevant to the document collection, the difficulty of coherence and cohesion policy, the increased volume of work, the high cost and time management are the main drawbacks to adequately meet the information needs of users.

Author Biography

Carlos Oliva Marañón, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos – URJC

Profesor de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Departamento de Ciencias de la Ciencias de la Comunicación y Lengua Española. Doctor en Ciencias de la Comunicación. Sus líneas de investigación se centran en las Fuentes de Información en Comunicación, así como en el análisis de los Grados en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales de las Universidades de España conforme al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES).

Published

2015-01-09

How to Cite

Oliva Marañón, C. (2015). Basis for archival and librarian description standards. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (53), 48–67. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2013.128

Issue

Section

Review