Library Association, Institutions and the Organisation of Information Resources

Abstract

Nationally and internationally, library and information professionals come together under various library associations and institutions to establish and promote standards that will guide librarians in proper organisation of information resources. The essence of organising information resources is to create quick and easy retrieval of such materials in our libraries. The depth and robustness of any library collections remain irrelevant when users cannot access such resources and easily retrieve materials needed from them. To this end, professionals in the library and information sectors have put in place bibliographic control rules and standards to facilitate easy retrieval of library materials. The rules for bibliographic control were not uniform among libraries across the world from the outset. However, as a result of the giant strides and efforts of library associations and institutions, through various committees and meetings in different forums, uniformity in the standard rules for bibliographic control was later made possible both in Nigeria and elsewhere.