Representação descritiva de conteúdos digitais: reflexões sobre a catalogação das lives do Projeto Registros de Informação (SIBI/UFBA)

Abstract

The descriptive representation of the digital contents of the lives of the UFBA Library System Information Records Project (SIBI/UFBA) is the theme addressed in this article, the result of concerns and discussions about how the UFBA university libraries can make the lives produced in the Covid-19 context for further retrieval, dissemination, preservation, and memory. In this sense, we sought to reflect on the need for skills and professional skills on descriptive representation of content produced in the digital environment. The survey revealed that the Anglo-American Cataloging Code (AACR2) has been adapted to address this reality, although the Resource Description and Access (RDA) is the cataloging standard designed for the digital environment. The results demonstrated the relevance of defining a specific standard for the cataloging of lives, aiming to promote the access, dissemination, use and preservation of knowledge produced on-line through the AACR2, as well as the need for professional qualification for the use of the new standard adopted for cataloging resources of this nature, such as the RDA cataloging code.