Title: Organizations Contributing to Development of Library Standards.
Abstract: ANYDISCUSSION OF standards-setting bodies inevitably brings up the question of definition of a standard. In any discipline there will be an assortment of shared practices that are set up and established byauthority, custom or general use with more or less formal endorsement. Information science is no different, and “standards” take a variety of forms. While any shared practice may be called a standard, the key to proper use-or to the prevention of misuse-of a standard lies in the careful inspection of the scope of the standard before attempting to apply it. The scope should define the population for which the shared practice is intended to be a standard and the objectives that it is meant to further. In this paper a variety of organizations will be described that promulgate standards-from those whose sole purpose is the setting of standards, such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to those that develop standards as aids to their missions to provide specific services, such as the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The standards set by these bodies may be intended for nationwide or worldwide use in the information science area or for only limited use by a special segment. Henriette D. Avram is Director, Processing Systems, Networks, and Automation Planning, Processing Services, Library of Congress; Sally H. McCallum is Assistant to the Director, Processing Systems, Networks, and Automation Planning, Processing Services, Library of Congress; and Mary S. Price is Assistant Director, Processing Systems, Networks, and Automation Planning, Processing Services, Library of Congress.
Publication Year: 1982
Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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