International Programmes UBC UAP UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL UBC
International Programmes UBC & UAP UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL (UBC) Dr. B. D. Kumbar Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad
The concept: � UBC as a name attached to an International Bibliographic Programme with definite objectives and set of principles, is relatively new in the world of Librarianship in 1970’s. � In fact it is not a new, but the achievement of worldwide bibliographic control has been the dream of librarians ever since there have been a collection of books and custodians of those collections.
� There have been many definitions of “Bibliographic Control” all of which have included the idea of “Mastery over written and published records”, or �A statement about "the development and maintenance of a system of adequate recording of all forms of material published and unpublished, printed, A. V. Aids, etc which add to the sum of human knowledge and information".
�It has been asserted that BC "is essential to optimum use of record of knowledge, which in turn fosters efficient progress" �As a declaration of purpose, that BC by means of which the worlds literature is organized for purposes of access, management and communication is a central concern of librarianship".
IFLA’s Initiatives � During 1950’s, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – IFLA. (Formerly the International Federation of Library Associations) � The International non-governmental organization most directly concerned with the library profession, was also undertaking some of the problems relating to Bibliographic Control through the analysis of national catalogue codes. � With support of UNESCO in 1955 the IFLA committee on cataloguing and had begun some study of catalogue rules.
�With small project, it looked to the possibility of reaching an international agreement on basic cataloguing principles. �The results was the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles (ICCP) 1961. �It ensures the development of national catalogue codes on same principles.
�International Meeting of Cataloguing Experts (IMCE) at Copenhagen in 1969. �Examination of the studies undertaken for the IMCE revealed that there was sufficient similarity in the descriptive part of catalogue records to make it possible to develop an ISBD: A working group was established.
� IMCE participants agreed that what had been stated in one of the papers was, infact, the long term future for which librarians were searching and resolved that: Ø “Efforts should be directed towards creating a system for the International exchange of information by which the standard bibliographic description of each publication would be established and distributed by a national agency in the country of origin of the publication. Ø The means of distribution in such a system would be through the medium of cards or machine-readable records. The effectiveness of the system will be dependent upon the maximum standardization of the form and the content of the bibliographic description”.
�This resolution can now seen as the basis of the IFLA programme of UBC. �Dr. Herman Liebaers, as president of IFLA, who applied the name and initials for the programme. �In 1971 in his opening address at the IFLA Conference in Liverpool, he made some proposals for an IFLA long-term programme of UBC.
�He saw many problems, but IFLA committee sections solved all the problems related to B. C. �In 1973 IFLA Conference, in Grenoble, UBC served as the conference theme, producing a series of documents. �UNESCO Inter-governmental conference on the planning of National Documentation, Library and Archives Infrastructures, Paris.
�NATIS, conference in September 1974. �IFLA decision on implementing the UBC programme and establishment of the IFLA International office for UBC. �Devoted to the promotion of work on cat. standards. �It was also agreed to the catalogue standards are basic to the whole UBC programme.
�NATIS conference and its delegates were wholeheartedly supported the UBC programme. �Since the conversion it was required little money and no legislative support.
� Following the discussion, UBC was approved as objective 12 for national action, and as objective 14 for International action: - � "UBC will be promoted by UNESCO, in cooperation with IFLA, as a major policy objective to create worldwide system for the control and exchange of information. � The success of programme for UBC depends on efficient National Bibliographic Control (of, objective 12) UNESCO will, therefore organize meetings and promote studies on problems connected with UBC, and as a first step will evaluate the existing National bibliographic services to establish a basis for future action".
UBC programme � Definition and Summary: � Under the title UBC, IFLA is proposing that UNESCO adopt as a major policy objective the promotion of a worldwide system for the control and exchange of bibliographic information. � The purpose of the system is to make universally and promptly available, in a form in which is internationally acceptable, basic bibliographic data on all publications issued in all countries.
�The concept of UBC presupposes the creation of network made up of component national parts each of which covers a wide range of publishing and library activities, all integrated at the international level to form the total system.
UBC Requirements at the National level: A. The means of ensuring that it is possible to make the bibliographic record of each new publication as it is issued (i. e. , by legal deposit or similar governmental regulation, or by voluntary agreement); B. The machinery by which that bibliographic record can be made, that is, the establishment of the National bibliographic agency which will: 1. Establish the authoritative bibliographic record for each new publication issued in the country;
2. 3. 4. 5. Publish those records with the shortest possible delay in national bibliographic which appears regularly; Produce distribute the records in a standard physical form (card/machine) readable tapes; Receive and distribute within its own country similar records produced by other national bibliographic agencies; Eventually, as circumstances permit, create a retrospective national bibliography of the country's published output.
UBC Requirements at the International level A. That each national bibliographic agency is the organization responsible for creating the authoritative bibliographic record of the publications of its own country; and B. Of the International Standards in creating the bibliographic record;
i. Its contents: the elements to be included in the authoritative record; the order of those elements; means of distributing the elements and their functions; ii. Its physical form: compatibility of machine-readable records; standardization of catalogue cards.
UNIVERSAL AVAILABILITY OF PUBLICATIONS (UAP)
Introduction � Another step towards bibliographical control was the development of U. A. P programme guided by a steering committee of IELA. In June 1979. � Stephen Vickers-Appointed to work a fulltime on the UAP programme at the office. � 1980 -independent office, designated as International office for UAP, in line with U. B. C. in London.
International Congress �An International Congress on UAP held in Paris from 3 to 7 May 1982. �Wherein objectives, ways and Means are finalized, to achieve the programme.
The Programme 1. The secretariat defined the objectives of UAP as being the widest possible availability of published materials (i. e. recorded knowledge issued for public use) to intending users wherever and whenever they needed it. 2. The UAP programme aimed to improve availability at all levels, from local to international and at all stages, from publications new materials to the retention of the last copies.
� These objectives achieved by both by positive action and by the removal of barriers. � Access and Availability of users. � Production and supply of publications. � Acquisition policies and practices. National acquisition policies, procedures. � Repository � National policy planning. and International Interlending policies and practices.
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