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POGÁNYNÉ RÓZSA Gabriella

Ákos Domanovszky (1902-1984) is a distinguished figure of standardized cataloguing in Hungary and internationally. His name was well-known abroad as well, as he had been active in the standardization activities of IFLA since 1964. The study outlines the corner stones of the theoretical work of Domanovszky on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. From the 1950s there had been an ever increasing demand for the international harmonization of major national cataloguing rules. Domanovszky based his thoughts on the expectations of users, consequently they were closer to the Anglo-American principles, than the Prussian ones. The International Cataloguing Conference in Paris, 1961 was an important stage of the work of Domanovszky where the basic principles valid until now were formulated concerning the functions of catalogues, the relationship of a book and a work, the problems of authorship (especially that of corporate authorship), the functions of the descriptive catalogue, and their ranking, and the tools of fulfilling these functions. The common aim to be achieved was that the unity of formal and standard features enhance the use of catalogues in their threefold functions. The study also deals with the most important principles and guidelines of standardization, the requirements of users, that have to be taken into account so far as possible, and the honoring of traditions. Domanovszky took part in the elaboration of the ISBD-based standards of bibliographic description in Hungary, and aided this work with his widespread theoretical knowledge.

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