Medidas de calidad en la creación de catálogos de bibliotecas

PROBLEMS OF QUALITY CONTROL IN THE CATALOGUING OF THE "DANIEL COSIO VILLEGAS" LIBRARY (BDCV) OF EL COLEGIO DE MEXICO, ARE APPROACHED AND THE IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT OF HAVING CLEAR LIBRARY POLICES AND ROUTINES EMPHASIZED, WHICH FORM THE BASIS OF MANY METHODOS OF QUALITY CONTROL. SOME OF THE METHODS USED IN THE BDCV ARE MENTIONED. QUANTITATIVE CRITERIAL ARE SUBMITTED FOR REVISION IN ORDER TO DECIDE ON AN ACCEPTABLE QUALITY LEVEL FOR THE CATALOGUING OF BIBLIOGRPHICAL RECORDS. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY FOCUSSING ON ERRORS WHICH DO AND DO NOT AFFECT RETRIEVAL OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORDS FROM DATA BASES. UNDERLYING THIS IS THE INTENTION OF CREATING A QUALITY CULTURE WHICH ALLOWS THE ELABORATION OF ERROR-FREE RECORDS IN FIRST INSTANCE, AND NOT AS A PRO