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The Standardisation of Names to Improve Quality and Co-operation in the Development of Bibliographic Databases

Published/Copyright: December 10, 2007
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From the journal Volume 50 Issue 4

The need for an authority list of South African names to ensure standardisation of these names on a national level has been expressed on various occasions. This paper investigates the need to standardise South African names to eliminate one of the main obstacles to co-operation and to the delivery of quality products and services in South Africa. Problems experienced with the standardisation of South African names were identified by means of a sample of names obtained from the South African National Bibliography (SANB) database. These problems can be categorised as variations in the presentation of the same name, identical names for different authors and the changing of personal and corporate names. The implications these hold for standardisation of South African names are also discussed.

Dr. Retha (MMM) Snyman is Senior lecturer in the Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, Republic of South Africa. E-mail:
Published Online: 2007-12-10
Published in Print: 2000-December

© 2000 by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Federal Republic of Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1515/LIBR.2000.269

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Editorial: Change in Editorial Board
  2. The Older Adult and Public Library Computer Technology: A Pilot Study in a Canadian Setting
  3. Library as the Student's Cornerstone or Obstacle: Evaluating the Method of Empathy-Based Stories
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  5. The Internet, Electronic Mail and the Academic Community in Ghana
  6. Marketing Products and Services of Academic Libraries in Ghana
  7. The Standardisation of Names to Improve Quality and Co-operation in the Development of Bibliographic Databases
  8. Five Decades of Nigerian University Libraries: A Review
  9. Quick Service Collection in University Libraries: Management and Problems
  10. Public Libraries and Distance Education in Tanzania: Issues and Dilemmas
  11. The State of Gender Information in Botswana
  12. Table of Contents: Vol. 50, No. 1–4
  13. Author Index: Vol. 50, No. 1–4
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