AZ ORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁR ÉVKÖNYVE 1958. Budapest (1959)

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held that the improvement of the old rules would suffice, while others, such as Bauhuis, recommended the reconsideration of the tasks of cataloguing and the elaboration of an entirely new code. On the occasion of the Leipzig Conference of scientific librarians in 1958, the adoption of the mechanical principle was recommended only to libraries of small stocks and to newly founded special libraries. This Conference also suggested that further consideration be given to questions of the mechanical principle and corporate authorship. The article also describes the new French and Swiss cataloguing rules, especially their procedure in the case of corporate authorship. As to the revision of cataloguing in the socialist countries, the study outlines the work of revision carried on. in the Soviet Union and Poland. It is pointed out that in compliance with the tasks of socialist libraries, the catalogue should increasingly take into account the interests of the readers; this should be reflected in the choice of headings and in a greater emphasis on elements concerned with the subject in the entry. The endeavour to simplify the rules also serves the interests of the readers. In connection with the Hungarian cataloguing rules, published in 1952 as a national standard, the author points out that in the last years the interest of the librarians turned to the general adoption and application of this standard rather than to the revision of certain paragraphs. Although the cataloguing standard, no doubt, greatly contributed to the increased uniformity in this field and the solutions presented have been considered satisfactory, minor amendments are still required. It should be investigated how far the cataloguing standard is consistent with the requirements of socialist library policies. Conclusions should be drawn from the general discussions in connection with the revision of cataloguing rules throughout the world. In the last chapter of the study the author discusses the idea of the international uniformity of cataloguing and the efforts of the IFLA Cataloguing Committee in this direction. To reach this uniformity it seems necessary that many cataloguers from various countries of the world should co-operate in the common work, and efforts should be made to bring about a close collaboration of the committees interested in the question. 141