The IFLA Bibliography Section aims to contribute to bibliography research and provide leadership in the areas of concern to bibliography development. To reach these goals, the section is conducting the following projects:

Accessibility Metadata & Accessible Formats in National Bibliographies

The purpose of the Working Group for Accessibility Metadata and Accessible Formats is to provide guidance on representing accessibility metadata in national bibliographies, and on related matters such as legal deposit of accessible formats and relationships with publishers, union catalogues and other metadata providers.

National Bibliographies and New Technologies

The National Bibliographies and New Technologies working group has the mandate to develop, promote and spread solid knowledge about emerging and cutting-edge technologies as powerful tools for advancing several aspects of national bibliographies and national bibliographic agencies.

Topics that fall within this scope are the application of the linked open data paradigm to national bibliographies for the collaborative sharing of national bibliographic and authority data on the web and with other institutions. The application of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is seen above all from the perspective of national bibliographies, exploring their great potentials and transformative capabilities, and analysing the implications of AI-generated content on the national cultural and publishing output, their copyrightability and their national bibliographic control.

National Bibliographic Register (NBR)

The purpose of the working group for the management of the National Bibliographic Register (WGNBR) is to manage retrospective and incoming data about national bibliographies, including data analysis and publishing NBR details online.

Topics in National Bibliographies Virtual Event Series – IFLA

“Topics in National Bibliographies” is a virtual events series organized and hosted by the Bibliography Section.

Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC )

The Working Group is convened with the primary aim of reviewing the UBC Statement, with the expected deliverable being a published updated UBC Statement, approved by relevant stakeholders inside (and outside) the library field.