An analysis of the 2000-2010 information and documentation standards

Abstract

The standards published in the field of Information and Documentation between 2000 and 2010 have been compiled and analyzed. Three groups of information sources have been used: information from the standardization bodies, websites of public information and documentation entities, and reports by experts and professionals in the field. The resulting set of standards and references was examined in detail according to the following variables: number of standards by year, standards according to the main LIS areas, scope, language, availability of a Spanish translation, responsible agencies and type. The greatest number of standards corresponds to the library area and the main responsible agency is IFLA, but there is a growing number of standards in specialized fields, showing the increasing interdisciplinarity of Information and Documentation. Most of the new standards address the great recent changes in the area, related to the digital information explosion: digital resources, information literacy and the development of new niches.