International Standard Bibliographic Description

by IFLA Cataloguing Section and ISBD Review Group

  The consolidated edition of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) was published by De Gruyter Saur in July 2011.

The consolidated edition merges the texts of the seven specialized ISBDs (for books, maps, serials, sound recordings, computer files and other electronic resources, etc.) into a single text.

The ISBD is useful and applicable for descriptions of bibliographic resources in any type of catalogue.  In this edition the stipulations for cataloguing the various resources have been made more consistent with each other and brought up to date.  The new area 0 for content form and media type is included for the first time.  The designation of mandatory ISBD elements has been brought into conformity with the requirements for a basic level national bibliographic record as determined by the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR).

ISBD : International standard bibliographic description / recommended by the ISBD Review Group ; approved by the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section. — Consolidated ed. — Berlin ; München : De Gruyter Saur, 2011. — xvii, 284 p. ; 25 cm. — (IFLA series on bibliographic control ; vol. 44). — ISBN 978-3-11-026379-4

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Related publications

The following guidelines are still a useful companion to the ISBD.

Guidelines for the application of the ISBDs to the description of component parts [Electronic resource] / approved by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the IFLA Section on Serial Publications. — Reproduction with corrections. — Washington, D.C. : Cataloging Directorate, Library of Congress, 2003. — 1 electronic text (viii, 22 p.) : PDF file. — Originally published: London : IFLA UBCIM Programme, 1988.

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Last update: 6 July 2012