DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING IN SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY OF THE ODESSA I. I. MECHNIKOV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY: THEORY, HISTORY AND METHODS

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The article describes one of the main traditional processes librarianship of Scientific Library of the Odessa National I. I. Mechnikov University – descriptive cataloging. Great attention is paid to history of development of descriptive cataloging in the world and particularly in the Library of the Odessa University. In indissoluble communication with history, questions of the theory and a technique are considered. The analysis of descriptive cataloguing carried out on materials of the General alphabetical catalog of University Library. General scientific methods have been used: terminological analysis, operationalization of concepts, and analysis of documents. The formalized method of the analysis of documents – the content analysis was applied to studying of the card array of the General alphabetical catalog. Special methods of library science – bibliographic and analytical were applied to studying of the General alphabetical catalog. Defined the prospects of development of descriptive cataloguing in Scientific Library at the present stage. Shown the stages of introduction of machine-readable cataloguing. All history of development of cataloguing and descriptive cataloguing in particular confirms aspiration to unification, standardization and, as a result to corporate cataloguing. Corporate cataloguing – the most widespread type of interaction of libraries also assumes existence of network of participating libraries of corporation. Studying long-term world history of development of the theory of cataloguing, we see that this branch of library activity as any another is urged to promote consolidation of resources of libraries in uniform corporate network, which can provide with information the greatest number of users. It is possible to tell that machine-readable cataloguing – the conductor to corporate cataloguing.

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N. E. Danilyuk

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N. E. Danilyuk (2016). DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING IN SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY OF THE ODESSA I. I. MECHNIKOV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY: THEORY, HISTORY AND METHODS. Вісник Одеського національного університету. Бібліотекознавство, бібліографознавство, книгознавство, 22(2), 9-34. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-212033