the creation, development, organisation, management and exploitation of records prepared firstly to describe items held in libraries or on databases, and secondly to facilitate user access to such items.
A term meaning a range of activities that together create a complete record of a written or published item on the basis of a standardized set of codes and descriptions. Such a record permits searching for similar items and facilitates storage and retrieval.
The systematic identification of recorded information and the mechanism for gaining subsequent access to such information.
The process of managing library materials by creating surrogate records of descriptive information for each item and indexing them for retrieval.
The process of managing library materials by recording identifying data for each item and organizing it for retrieval in a desired manner (usually grouped by authors, titles, and subjects).
The identification and location of items of recorded information, described and listed in an orderly arrangement. The aim is to provide access to the bibliographic universe.