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Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) was a concept championed by the
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is an international body representing the interests of people who rely on Library, libraries and information professionals. A non-governmental, not-for-profit organizati ...
(IFLA). Under the theoretical UBC, any document would only be cataloged once in its country of origin, and that record would then be available for the use of any library in the world. Current UBC practice is developed by IFLA's Bibliography Section. During the 1970s, IFLA established an office for Universal Bibliographic Control. Dunsire, Hillman, Phipps, and Willer have suggested that
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technologies, including
BIBFRAME BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a data model for bibliographic description. BIBFRAME was designed to replace the MARC standards, and to use linked data principles to make bibliographic data more useful both within and outside the library c ...
may allow UBC.


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