From an overview of the daily reports of rescue activities undertaken to restore cultural property after the Great East Japan Earthquake, four elements（activity, cultural property, damage condition, and attributes of the participants）were categorised and 21 factors extracted using factor analysis. The factor analysis results revealed that communication is crucial in rescue activities. Moreover, rescue activities can be divided into three types, those carried out by（a）experts on cultural assets, （b）experts in some technique（not limited to cultural property）, and （c）general participants. Based on the average factor scores, the characteristics of time series and institutions were extracted. This analysis clarifies that basic data for considering disaster rescue may be obtained from records of rescue activities. Furthermore, valuable suggestions for archiving materials in case of a disaster outbreak were also obtained.

The current situation and future scenario of ʻbibliographic descriptionʼin library catalogues are overviewed from the author's perspective. Since library catalogues are in a state of transition to a new phase, there is a mix of the traditional composition/framework and the new at present, as well as a gap between the international and domestic（i.e. Japanese）trends. Chapter 2 provides a requirement analysis and definition of bibliographic description in library catalogues. It also confirms that the authority data for persons, corporate bodies, etc. needs to be taken up together with bibliographic description data. In Chapter 3, the principal standards of the conceptual model, data element definition, and the descriptive rule set for bibliographic description and authority data are reviewed from the historical perspective of international English­-speaking countries, and the Japanese situation. Chapters 4 to 6 focus on FRBR, RDA, and BIBFRAME, respectively,each of which has a key position in the conceptual model, data element definition, and descriptive rule set in the current situation and in the future scenario of library catalogue standards.

This report is based on the special workshop held for the annual conference 2016 of the Japan Society for Archival Science. The purpose of this report is to describe museum documentation standards focusing on interoperability and harmonisation of museum metadata standardisation. In section 1, we examine classification of museum documentation. In section 2, we introduce the existing Documentation Standards, Metadata Schemas, and Management Models. In sections 3 and 4, we deal with how European and American museums have published their collection data using Linked Open Data methodology. Finally, we comment on the prospects for the Japanese museum sector.

The aim of this paper is to report the recent trend of an international standard for archival description. The International Council on Archives（ICA）has appointed an Expert Group on Archival Description（EGAD）in 2012 and charged the group with developing an archival conceptual model. The conceptual model is called ʻRecords in Context（RiC）ʼ．The development of RiC is meant for（1）identification and definition of essential components of archival description and their interrelations；（2）promotion of a shared understanding of archival description；（3）positioning of the archival community to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by current and emerging communication technologies；（4）facilitation of working cooperatively within the archival community as well as with communities of allied cultural heritage and academic and non­ academic users；and（5）respecting the traditional principles of archival description. To achieve this goal, the EGAD has produced（a）a glossary of terms；（b）a conceptual model for archival description；and（c）aformal ontology.