Mexican Cataloging Standards for Videographic and Phonographic Documents, a Short or Long Term Vision?

Abstract

In this work a comparative study of the Mexican standards for cataloging videographic and phonographic documents and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second edition, is made in particular for Chapters Six (video recordings) and Seven (sound recordings). This to see if the Mexican standards provide consistency in the presentation of bibliographic data and access point allocation, issues that are considered the most important criteria in the quality control of cataloging. An important argument of this study is that both the instructions and the structure of both Mexican standards are far from being considered as a reference point in the catalog- ing process in national institutions. There is also a lack of consensus in this country, so Mexican standards be taken into account, since their use and application is at risk of departing from a recognized and shared tradition.