According to Fourie and Burger (2007), the bibliographic control project is very
important, fundamental and indispensable to countries like South Africa that the
effort put forward by her is currently unmatchable by any African country. The fact
that a book is recorded in the library, internet, or the information centre is enough
to give hope to the needful potential user that it may be possible to access and
utilize it. Informational materials like books, journals, manuscripts, theses,
dissertations, magazines, newspapers and a host of others are written, printed and
published. As time goes on, precise data about these materials begin to wane.
Their existence are usually ignored or forgotten by many, except they are included
in the bibliography- the listing of the materials But the listing must be in a
particular pertain which must be systematic to accommodate essential bibliographic
elements which could enable a potential user to decide to trace it when in need
This calls for a pattern of effective recording and arrangement which result from
systematic listing of the records of human communication. One current type of