A Survey on Capabilities of UNIMARC and IRANMARC for Archival RecoursesManagement on the Basis of Specialists Viewpoints Journal Article

If archival centers organize archival resources on the basis of safe and global archivalstandards, then they will be useful for scholars. Bibliographic relations are important and essential in organizing and managing of archives. These relations are predicted for books in libraries by UNIMARC and IRANMARC. So, current research has studied on capabilities of UNIMARC and IRANMARC for management of archival materials. Findings revealed that on the basis of Specialists' viewpoints basically UNIMARC and IRANMARC did not focus on hierarchical rules for archival materials. It seems that although UNIMARC is comprehensive for organizing library materials, it cannot provide necessary details for description, identification and classification of all complex relations in archival collections.

A Survey on Capabilities of UNIMARC and IRANMARC for Archival Recourses Management on the Basis of Specialists Viewpoints Mortaza Kokabi Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Department of Information Sciences kokabi80 Hyahoo. So, current research has studied on capabilities of UNIMARC and IRANMARC for management of archival materials. Findings revealed that on the basis of Specialists' viewpoints basically UNIMARC and IRANMARC did not focus on hierarchical rules for archival materials. It seems that although UNIMARC is comprehensive for organizing library materials, it cannot provide necessary details for description, identification and classification of all complex relations in archival collections. In the late of 1970, archivists focused on AMC MARC for establish bibliographic relations among archival materials. But a basic question is that what are the solutions of UNIMARC and IRANMARC for arrangement of bibliographic relations in archival collections? Literature Review There are researches that are about using UNIMARC in description of bibliographic relations for archival and library materials. Weber (1990) stated that archivists for information description of archival materials must use AMC MARC. He believed that this kind of MARC can descript related records to different archival materials. They were asked if UNIMARC and IRANMARC can support archival materials relations? In this part, viewpoints of MARC and archive specialists are presented: These respondents were archivists in National Library and Archives of I. Responder 3 said: In UNIMARC as well as MARC 21, xx4 is used in bibliographic data format. Responder 6 said: It seems that in arrangement and description of archival materials, MARC is not enough alone.