What is BS 6478 - Bibliographic information in libraries and documentation about?
BS 6478 discusses bibliographic information. The aim of the BS 6478 is to provide the best guidance for bibliographic information in libraries and documentation.
BS 6478 defines generalized bibliographic filing principles to be incorporated into the bibliographic filing rules of individual bibliographies, libraries, and documentation centres as well as those of entire nations or language groups. BS 6478 is applicable to bibliographic information as printed or displayed, to the identification of filing units within bibliographic records for exchange in machine-readable form, and to the manipulation of these records by manual and machine-based techniques.
Who is BS 6478 - Bibliographic information in libraries and documentation for?
BS 6478 bibliographic information in libraries and documentation is useful for:
- Authors
- Editors
- Libraries
Why should you use BS 6478 - Bibliographic information in libraries and documentation?
Bibliographic information refers to specific elements such as the author’s name, the title of the thing (book, documentary, journal article) and the date it was created. Author + Title + Date are the most common pieces of information and they are often found on a book’s title page and the back of the title page, also known as the verso.
BS 6478 provides scope and field of application, references, definitions, principles of presentation of filing information, principles of construction of filing sequences. This ensures that users follow the right practice method while filling bibliographic information in libraries and documentation.
