This article analyzes the role of national bibliographies—with particular reference to the Italian National Bibliography—as rele- vant tools for national bibliographic control. In the first part of the article, the historical and scientific context of international standards is summarized. The second part describes the role played by the Central National Library of Florence (BNCF) in the realization of the bibliographic control of Italian publications. The limits and the potential of the Italian National Bibliography produced by BNCF are highlighted and compared with the Italian National Library Service (SBN), which is the most import- ant national collective catalog among Italian libraries.
Fiammetta Sabba, Francesca Nepori (2019). Bibliography, National Bibliography, and National Union Catalog in Italy. CATALOGING & CLASSIFICATION QUARTERLY, 57(1), 73-87 [10.1080/01639374.2018.1560890].
Bibliography, National Bibliography, and National Union Catalog in Italy
Fiammetta Sabba
;Francesca Nepori
2019
Abstract
This article analyzes the role of national bibliographies—with particular reference to the Italian National Bibliography—as rele- vant tools for national bibliographic control. In the first part of the article, the historical and scientific context of international standards is summarized. The second part describes the role played by the Central National Library of Florence (BNCF) in the realization of the bibliographic control of Italian publications. The limits and the potential of the Italian National Bibliography produced by BNCF are highlighted and compared with the Italian National Library Service (SBN), which is the most import- ant national collective catalog among Italian libraries.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.