International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IFLA
The leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users worldwide.
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international organization representing the interests of library and information services and their users. Founded in Scotland in 1927 and headquartered in The Hague, IFLA has developed foundational conceptual models for the library world, including the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) family of models and the IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM), which underpin modern cataloging standards such as RDA.
Standards (4)
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
(FRBR)Introduced the Work-Expression-Manifestation-Item model that reshaped bibliographic cataloging.
IFLA Library Reference Model
(IFLA LRM)A conceptual model unifying bibliographic entities like works, expressions, and manifestations.
International Standard Bibliographic Description
(ISBD)Prescribes punctuation and structure for bibliographic descriptions shared across languages.
UNIMARC
(UNIMARC)An international MARC format enabling bibliographic data exchange across national library systems.
