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- Title
New Roles and Global Agents in Information Organization in Spanish Libraries.
- Authors
Martínez-Ávila, Daniel; Olson, Hope A.; Kipp, Margaret E. I.
- Abstract
In a new globalized scenario, the traditional activities of information organization agents in libraries have tended to converge with those from the book industry, under the presumption that most traditional library practices are not adequate for the new globalized situation. This article analyzes the nature and consequences for libraries of the links between agents from the book industry and the organizations in charge of the main library information organization systems, both at an international level and in Spain. Some of the agents whose discourses were analyzed include OCLC, the UDC Consortium, BISG, BIC, EDItEUR, DILVE, Google and Amazon. We conclude that there is evidence of an incursion of book industry practices into the information organization practices of OCLC and that collaboration between both sectors will result in an increase in universality and homogenization in library information organization practices without consideration for the nature and specific characteristics of the library and how it differs from the bookstore.
- Subjects
SPAIN; LIBRARIES; BOOK industry; LIBRARIES &; publishing; OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.; INFORMATION organization
- Publication
Knowledge Organization, 2012, Vol 39, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0943-7444
- Publication type
Article