Release of the 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
25 May 2022
Bibliographic Utilities
The IFLA ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce the release of the 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD.
The 2021 Update is the first release since the publication of the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD. It extends the coverage of the ISBD to a larger array of resources and brings more organization and refinements into the description of some types of resources.
The developments made in the 2021 Update of the ISBD:
- extend the content of the ISBD to encompass unpublished resources with focus on the manuscripts
- optimize the ability of ISBD for granular description by integrating stipulations for the application of the ISBD to the description of component parts
- bring more harmonization and clarity to the stipulations for cartographic resources, and enhance the description of astronomical cartographic resources
- introduce new elements in appropriate areas and in the glossary as required
- add examples in several languages to the new stipulations to support implementation by the users of the standard.
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