Charting the Course: Future-Forward Cataloguing with UNIMARC, 12th November 2024 (Maribor, Slovenia/Online)

IFLA’s UNIMARC encoding and exchange format has undergone a major transformation with adoption of a new entity-relationship (ER) conceptual model the IFLA Library Reference Model (IFLA LRM), which brings innovative cataloguing approaches for the digital environment. This shift from traditional metadata practices suggests promising benefits for both libraries and end-users. 

The “Future of UNIMARC” project aims to facilitate exchanging, sharing and generating knowledge about the future of UNIMARC. The project focuses on exploring UNIMARC’s range of uses, increasing familiarity with its entity-relationship (ER) cataloguing track, and gathering information about the library community’s needs.

  • Call for papers [PDF]
  • Programme and abstracts [PDF]
  • Venue: Institute of Information Science (IZUM), Prešernova ul. 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
  • Travel info, accommodation, and about the host [PDF]

Programme with proceedings (video, slides)

Videorecordings: part 1, part 2

9.30–10.30 Registration                         
10.30–10.45 Welcome
Host greetings
PUC Highlights: Activities, Format Updates, and Publications (Branka Badovinac (IZUM))
Slides
10.45–12.00 UNIMARC in the Metadata Standards Ecosystem
IFLA’s Evolving Standards: LRM Shaping UNIMARC for Entities and Relationships (Héloïse Lecomte (Abes))
Slides
An Overview of the Landscape of Data Structure and Exchange Standards in 2024 for UNIMARC users (Florence Tfibel (Bibliothèque nationale de France))
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Potential Impact of ISBD for Manifestation on the Future of UNIMARC (Gordon Dunsire and Mirna Willer (ISBD Review Group Task Force on ISBD for Manifestation))
Slides
IranMARC Must Survive (Saeedeh Akbari Daryan (National Library and Archives of Iran))
25 years of RUSMARC. New Cases for the Format (Olga Zhlobinskaya (Presidential Library, Saint Petersburg))
Slides
Use of UNIMARC in the Greek Libraries Sector (Maria Aslanidi (Specialized Teaching Staff, Dept. of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University))
Slides
Discussion
12.00–13.30 Break
13.30–15.00 UNIMARC in Action
From UNIMARC to RDA: LRM Factory, An Online Mass-migration Tool (Carole Bruno, Marie Bastien and Morgane Sedoud (Hospices Civils de Lyon))
Slides
An Attempt to Extract Work and Expression Data from the Catalog Based on Descriptive Cataloging Practices (Gordana Mazić (IZUM))
Slides
The Use of UNIMARC Authority for the Integration of ICCU Bibliographic Databases (Elisabetta Castro (ICCU))
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UNIMARC-BIBFRAME Mapping: Evolving Interoperability in Data Modelling (Tiziana Possemato (@Cult and Casalini Libri) and Claudio Forziati (University of Naples Federico II))
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Developing UNIMARC to Fit the New Standards: the French Experimental Approach to a Working Format (Florence Tfibel (Bibliothèque nationale de France))
Slides
Discussion and Closing

Contact: Branka Badovinac, [email protected]