VII Encuentro de Catalogación y Metadatos 2012: memoria

On March 31, 2013, the Library of Congress of the United States started the implementation of the new cataloging standard, RDA (Resource Description and Access). Also, another libraries around the world like the National Agricultural Library and the National Library of Medicine of the United States, the British Library, the Library and Archives of Canada, the German National Library and the National Library of Australia also began during that year the RDA implementation. Likewise, in Latin America, several libraries began planning and implementation work of RDA. In Mexico, the National Library of Mexico and the Library System of the National Autonomous University of Mexico began implementing RDA. Additionally, library schools began to include in their training programs teaching of this new cataloging standard. In addition to this, the application and use of technology in generating catalogs have begun to impact the shape and characteristics of them. The aforementioned prompted the need to bring together in the Seventh Meeting of Cataloging and Metadata all those librarians involved in the theory and practice of cataloging and metadata to discuss the problems and challenges of research, education and professional practice related to cataloging and metadata, in order to identify possible alternatives to address them successfully. The documents included in this publication will contribute to the increase the literature in this LIS area, thereby supporting the development of research, teaching and practice of information organization, cataloging and metadata in Latin American countries.