Organização do conhecimento: experiência prática no processamento de acervos especializados no Acervo de Obras Raras da Biblioteca Central da UFPB

Abstract

This paper analyzes the importance of the organization and technical pro- cessing of information, with a specific focus on the cataloging of Rare

Books (RB). The study highlights that, given the advancement of digital technologies, library activities have migrated from analog to electronic methods, requiring interoperability standards such as MARC21, AACR2,

and ISBD. The general objective was to propose the expansion and com- plementation of the MARC21 format fields for the Rare Books collection of

the Central Library of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), aiming for

a more exhaustive description of the bibliographic heritage. The methodol- ogy is characterized as qualitative bibliographic research, in addition to an

experience report resulting from voluntary activities in the extension project "Preservation and Dissemination of the Rare Books Collection of the

BC/UFPB". The results demonstrated that the institution's current catalog- ing uses Level 1 description (minimum), which proves insufficient for rare

books, which require Level 3 (exhaustive) to record details such as water- marks, bookplates, binding types, and state of conservation. As a proposal,

this work suggests the systematic adoption of MARC21 note fields (5XX

tags), exemplifying their application to items in the collection to ensure ac- curate information retrieval and the preservation of historical memory. It

concludes that detailed cataloging is an essential tool for scientific research and for safeguarding the physical object as a unique heritage.