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M T 53 ORGANIZACIJA ZNANJA 2014, LETN. 19, ZV. 2 information, the FRBR model was set up and will be implemented in libraries, AACR2 is going to be replaced by RDA, the use of MARC21 is slowly diminishing, etc. We are very much aware of these changes. For the time being we are close observers of the develop- ment and progress of RDA in Europe, waiting to see what path other national libraries will follow as the system can only be fully operational if it has many followers. We cannot be, and do not want to be, an isolated island, we cannot afford not to follow international trends, which are linking rather than dividing elements and make the world smaller, more unique, more complex and richer in information. The first and the most important task ahead is the transla- tion of the Consolidated Edition of International Standard Bibliographic Description. As numerous new expressions were introduced we once again face terminological prob- lems in our language. As the work progresses I am sure we can promise the translation to be ready by the end of the year. The translation will be followed by a preliminary edition of the manual, which will include elements of biblio- graphic description adjusted to the consolidated edition of ISBDs, and changes in defining authorship, with guidelines how to form and define access points, already approved by the National Cataloguing Committee. This manual will also define different levels of bibliographic description for differents purposes. This is a manual every cataloguer is eagerly anticipating. In 2014, we also plan to establish a working group to work on the concept of the new national cataloguing code. The day after tomorrow In the following years we plan to issue the 1 st standard edition of the Manual on cataloguing, which is going to be the revised and enriched preliminary edition, tested through everyday practice, then to frbrize the catalogue and intensify the work on the national cataloguing code, based on the experience, knowledge and practice in dif- ferent European libraries as they progress with the imple- mentation of RDA. I have been discussing at length about descriptive ca- taloguing as if there are no problems with regards to subject cataloguing. Subject cataloguing is, of course, just as important and is not to be neglected. For defining the subject of the library material, UDC has been in use for a very long time. Splošni slovenski spletni geslovnik (SSSG) is in use in public and school libraries in general and in the National and University Library, which mainta- ins it. Different special thesauri are in use in scientific and academic libraries. IZUM is developing Splošni geslovnik COBISS (SCG) and cooperates closely with the National and University Library. This project, I believe, is to be finished soon, too. I am not a visionary, I do not have a crystal ball in my hand to foresee the future in cataloguing and how quickly the changes will happen. It all depends on us, on how quick we are, how brave we are and how eager we are to accept the changes and to adapt to them. During my ca- reer as a cataloguer I have learned to move forward with small steps: by doing so, the progress is steadier with fewer steps taken backwards. Festina lente is the saying to be taken into consideration in order not to regret our decisons later. Reference Abecedni imenski katalog , 1947. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 3. Enciklopedija Slovenije, 1990, zv. 4. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 371. Horvat, A., 2005. Eva Verona – jedna knjižničarska karijera. In: Horvat, A. ur. O katalogu : izbor iz radova . Zagreb: Hrvatsko knjižničarstvo društvo. pp. 14–18. Jugovec, J., 1964. Vprašanje centralne katalogizacije slovenskega tiska. Knjižnica , 8(3/4), pp. 103–112. Kanič, A., 2002. Zlata pri pisalni mizi. Knjižnica , 46(3), pp. 21–28. Komisija za katalogizacijo pri NUK , 2009. [online] Available at: http://www.nuk.uni-lj.si/infobib/index.php/okomisiji [9. 12. 2014]. Veselko, M., 1978. Izmenjava katalognih listkov med narodnimi knjižnicami Jugoslavije. Knjižnica , 22(1/2), pp. 90–92. Alenka Kanič: CATALOGUING RULES AND THEIR CHANGES