Welcome to our Knowledge Café!
At this year’s WLIC in Kuala Lumpur the Rare Books and Special Collections section held our first ever Knowledge Cafe, on the subject of rare materials cataloguing. This format is designed to encourage people to come and discuss issues with one another, and we wanted this one in particular to look at the following questions • Are existing standards satisfactory and effective? • Are there gaps in the existing standards for cataloguing rare materials? • What can be done to promote and develop standards for rare materials? There were a few brief presentations designed to stimulate thinking on the subject...