Abstract
The Guidelines for Retroconversion Projects, as published in this issue of IFLA Journal, were prepared by the LIBER Library Automation Group as an annex to the Recommendation and Technical Repor-t on Retrospective Conversion of Library Catalogues to Machine-readable Form.
The Guidelines were drafted by Anton Bossers (PICA, Netherlands) and Derek Law (King’s College London). The draft was discussed by the Working Party on Retrospective Cataloguing of the Council of Europe. In June 1989 the LIBER Library Automation Group finalized the Guidelines.
The Guidelines are intended to aid the management of libraries taking decisions on how to undertake retroconversion projects: what should be the basis for the project; how to choose the method; how to process the material; and how to manage the project. As Neil McLean stated in the Sixth British Library Annual Research Library Lecture (1987): &dquo;(Library and information automation) is like a game of football where both the goal posts and the rules keep changing&dquo;. In the field of retroconversion there are rapid technological developments and therefore the individual library must always translate the general guidelines to the local situation. We hope that the guidelines will support one of the most important priorities for the next decade: the maximization of access to library collections by retroconversion.
The Guidelines were drafted by Anton Bossers (PICA, Netherlands) and Derek Law (King’s College London). The draft was discussed by the Working Party on Retrospective Cataloguing of the Council of Europe. In June 1989 the LIBER Library Automation Group finalized the Guidelines.
The Guidelines are intended to aid the management of libraries taking decisions on how to undertake retroconversion projects: what should be the basis for the project; how to choose the method; how to process the material; and how to manage the project. As Neil McLean stated in the Sixth British Library Annual Research Library Lecture (1987): &dquo;(Library and information automation) is like a game of football where both the goal posts and the rules keep changing&dquo;. In the field of retroconversion there are rapid technological developments and therefore the individual library must always translate the general guidelines to the local situation. We hope that the guidelines will support one of the most important priorities for the next decade: the maximization of access to library collections by retroconversion.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 32-36 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Mar 1990 |