Describes the work in progress toward an international machine-readable cataloging system and discusses the problems remaining. (Author)

A discussion of principles involved in designing a format for SUPERMARC, an international cataloging exchange. (PF)

In order to facilitate the international exchange of machine-readable bibliographic descriptions, the International Federation of Library Associations Working Group on Content Designators was organized in 1973 to arrive at a standard means of identifying data elements or providing additional information about a data element. In three meetings the…

The thesis of this paper is that efficient functioning of a network is dependent upon the organization of bibliographic services so that the basic record for each bibliographic item is created once. This record must be minimally capable of serving the needs of libraries, information centers, abstracting and indexing services, and national and…

Before attempting to standardize content designators for the international exchange of bibliographic data in machine-readable form, it is necessary to agree on certain basic points. Described are obstacles to international interchange of bibliographic data, scope of concern, and definition of terms in the concept of content designators. (9…

One of the specific recommendations in the Retrospective Conversion (RECON) feasibility report (ED 032 895) was that a pilot project be established to test various conversion techniques, ideally covering the highest priority material (English-language monograph records from 1960-68). A two-year pilot project was initiated in August 1969. This…