First IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code / Working Groups

Working Group 1 - Personal Names

Goal
Harmonisation in order to create a common authority file (can be "virtual," i. e., linked records for the same entity)

Issues
Differentiation of names - What to do when it is not possible to differentiate? Do all countries with European languages differentiate according to AACR? What are the consequences of using undifferentiated names for the international sharing of records?

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Working Group 2 - Corporate Bodies

Goal
Harmonisation of entities and a list of minimal practical proposals for corporate identity

Issues
How do current rules recognise when a corporate body changes/when to make a new authority record for the body? What links are made for earlier/later names of the corporate body?

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Working Group 3 - Seriality

Goal
Agreement on standards and identification of where the rules do not agree with ISBD(CR) for what changes constitute a new work/expression to justify a new record

Issues
Are current codes in alignment with ISBD(CR) and if not, how do they differ and why? Can they be brought together?

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Working Group 4 - Multivolume/Multipart Structures (components versus aggregates)

Goal
Optimise bibliographic sharing and fulfill the principle of identifying all works

Issues
The use of contents notes, author/title added entries, and analytic records in current codes to identify individual works/expressions contained in a manifestation – how do they differ and why? Can they be harmonised?

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Working Group 5 - Uniform Titles - Proposals for GMDs and Expression-level Citations

Goal
Harmonisation of practice and proposals for new approach to GMDs for collocation at the level of form of expression and/or physical format

Issues
GMDs are now a mix of terms for mode of expression and format of the manifestation. Can we clarify the purpose of the GMD and offer suggestions of where such information properly belongs in a bibliographic record? Is some of the information now conveyed in the GMD more properly part of a uniform title for the work/expression and others more properly part of the physical description area (ISBD area 5)? Is there agreement on when to make a uniform title and its collocating purpose? Is there consistency on its structure?

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