International Standard Bibliographic Description

The ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description = international standard for the description of bibliographic data) is a standard, an international format, which is maintained by the IFLA . The ISBD format enables a uniform description of library materials in connection with library registration .

history

The original core idea behind the ISBD format was to develop a bibliographical standard for international data exchange . The ISBD was preceded by the Paris Principles , a first internationally supported, theoretical policy paper on bibliographical description that was drawn up in 1961 at the conference of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) in Paris. As a result, the idea arose in 1969 to develop an international standard for the bibliographic description. In 1971 the ISBD appeared for monographs.

IFLA has its own working group that is responsible for the further development of the ISBD. The last version of the ISBD was presented in 2011.

structure

This is what a recording in ISBD format looks like according to the rules for formal cataloging :

Head in the form of prefix (HE):

Title: first addition; further addition / statement of responsibility

Issue description

Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication

Circumference: indication of illustration + indication of accompanying material - (complete title; volume count)

ISBN , ISSN

Performance of the first volume

Performance of the second volume

...

NE: reference to first NE; Reference to further NE

literature

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (ed.): International standard bibliographic description. Consolidated Edition . De Gruyter Saur, Berlin and Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-026379-4 .

Web links

International Standard Bibliographic Description (official website at IFLA)

Individual evidence

^ Heidrun Wiesenmüller, Silke Horny: Basic knowledge RDA. An introduction for German speaking users . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-053868-7 .
↑ About the ISBD Review Group , accessed July 25, 2019.
↑ International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (ed.): International standard bibliographic description. Consolidated Edition . De Gruyter Saur, Berlin and Munich 2011.

[1] Heidrun Wiesenmüller, Silke Horny: Basic knowledge RDA. An introduction for German speaking users . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-053868-7 .

[2] About the ISBD Review Group , accessed July 25, 2019.

[3] International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (ed.): International standard bibliographic description. Consolidated Edition . De Gruyter Saur, Berlin and Munich 2011.