The goal for this working group is to identify, establish, and disseminate information about standards and practices for the digital reformatting of audio-visual materials by federal agencies. The effort will cover sound and video recordings and will consider the inclusion of motion picture film as the project proceeds. The main focus of the work is on older materials, with the formatting born-digital content to be considered where strong synergy exists. Topic areas include formatting, metadata, and related practices and methodology.
Previously called: "IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS)"
ICADS is a joint alliance of IFLA and the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL). The alliance was established in August 2008 as a successor to ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards) which was established as a national libraries initiative in 2003.