Statement of International Cataloguing Principles 2006
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2006-04
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Abstract
The Statement of Principles – commonly known as the “Paris Principles” – was approved by the
International Conference on Cataloguing Principles in 19611. Its goal of serving as a basis for
international standardization in cataloguing has certainly been achieved: most of the cataloguing codes
that were developed worldwide since that time followed the Principles strictly, or at least to a high degree.
Over forty years later, having a common set of international cataloguing principles has become even more
desirable as cataloguers and their clients use OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogues) around the
world. Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, an effort has been made by IFLA to adapt the Paris
Principles to objectives that are applicable to online library catalogues and beyond. The first of these
objectives is to serve the convenience of the users of the catalogue.
These new principles replace and broaden the Paris Principles from just textual works to all types of
materials and from just the choice and form of entry to all aspects of the bibliographic and authority
records used in library catalogues.
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Subject::Cataloguing