parts and the whole. Integrate knowledge

Abstract

The article deals with the themes of integration between the different cataloguing and disciplinary descriptive traditions. It initially evaluates the transition phase from methods to established practices up to the new solicitations caused by the transformations of information production models. Lastly, the paper focus on the theme of the reconceptualization of domain languages ​​to move on to outline the concept of metacataloguing as a possible descriptive synthesis.

Rediscovering the archival history of the Order of Saint John: the proofs of admission of the Langue of Italy (c.15th-c.18th)

“…108 First, the different standards adopted, DACS 109 and RDA, 110 required adapting the information to different fields and, especially for RDA, safeguarding contents, contexts and relationships. 111 Second, the original documents, written in Italian and Latin and including specific terminology related to the sphere of the Order, 112 needed to be catalogued and standardised in English without losing any essential information. Third, the construction of a set of authority records 113 for the Italian proofs of nobility and for other documents of the Order, including the authorised headings for people, organisations, families, and places, presented additional challenges but also led to the first methodological guidelines for future projects.…”