Representação descritiva de conteúdos digitais: reflexões sobre a catalogação das lives do Projeto Registros de Informação (SIBI/UFBA)

Abstract

The descriptive representation of the digital content of the lives of the Projeto Registros de Information from the UFBA Library System (SIBI/UFBA) is the topic covered in this article, the result of concerns and discussions about how university libraries in the UFBA can make lives produced in the Covid-19 context accessible for later recovery, dissemination, preservation and memory. In this sense, we sought to reflect on the need for professional skills and abilities on descriptive representation of content produced in the digital environment. The research revealed that the Code of Anglo-American Cataloging (AACR2) has been adapted to meet this reality, although, Resource Description and Access (RDA) is the cataloging standard designed for the digital environment. The results demonstrated the relevance (of what?) when defining a specific standard for cataloging lives, aiming to promote access, dissemination, use and preservation of knowledge produced online through AACR2, as well as the need for professional qualification to use the new standard adopted for cataloging resources of this nature, such as the cataloging code GDR.