Campos, Fernanda2021-02-032021-02-032020978-953-331-274-3978-953-331-275-0PURE: 27737637PURE UUID: 7a7d2bfd-31ff-456f-96d2-a130e8a17a59http://hdl.handle.net/10362/111254UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020Catalogues in libraries have been an indispensable tool for centuries. Before the invention of the “card catalogue, they consisted mostly in large in-folio manuscript books presenting bibliographic records in alphabetical order. The making of a catalogue in 18th and early 19th century presented a huge task, with many hours of drafting until arriving to a clean copy. As a result of my research on the organization of ancient Portuguese religious libraries, I studied some of the still existing catalogues. It was a unique occasion to unveil cataloguing standards and rule interpretations usually explained by the librarians in a written caveat. By bringing to public knowledge their quest for achieving the perfect catalogue I honour Mirna Willer’s longtime efforts in the development of universal bibliographic standards.11110601engBibliographic descriptionLibrariansAncient librariesPortugalCataloguesbook parthttps://morepress.unizd.hr/books/press/catalog/book/62