Normative paradigms of documental organization at the beginning of the XXI century

DIVERSE PHENOMENA RESULTING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ORGANIZATION OF DOCUMENTATION ARE APPROACHED. THE FUNCTION OF THE MODEL GENERATED BY THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMATS, WHOSE CREATION IS RELATED TO SEVENTIES ERA TECHNOLOGY, IS ANALIZED. THE MODEL'S EVOLUTION WITH THE EMERGENCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES IS ALSO STUDIED. THE DIGITAL FORMAT PARADIGM AS APPLIED TO THE FIELD OF DIGITAL INFORMATION ORGANIZATION AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS IN THE MEDIA OF LIBRARY SCIENCE IS ALSO ANALYZED. WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, THE DUBLIN CORE (DC) AND ITS POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS IN THE FIELD OF LIBRARY SICENCE IS STUDIED. RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE PROYECTO NORDICO DE METADATOS (THE NORDIC META-DATA PROJECT) IS PRESENTED, AS WELL AS A DISCUSSION OF THE FOLLOW UP AND APPLICATION THAT THE DC HAS CARRIED OUT. THE PAPER CONCLUDES WITH AN EXAMINATION OF HOW LIBRARY SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF DIGITIZED IN FORMATION ON THE WORLD-WIDE WEB.