| |
| | ISBD(ER): International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources |
 | | International Standard Bibliographic Description arose out of a resolution of the International Meeting of Cataloguing Experts, organized by the IFLA Committee on Cataloguing in Copenhagen in 1969, that a standardization of the form and content of bibliographic description be established. |
 | | However, when the ISBD(NBM) was being reviewed, together with the ISBD(CM), ISBD(M), and ISBD(S), by the ISBD Review Committee formed by IFLA in 1981, it was decided that special consideration should be given to the rapidly increasing need for a separate ISBD for computer files. |
 | | With the development of programs and data files for smaller computers, the nature of the medium became more complex; in addition, this change resulted in physical items roughly comparable to other library materials to be more widely added to library collections, with bibliographic control needed for them. |
| www.ifla.org /VII/s13/pubs/isbd.htm (803 words) |
|