standardikokoelmista
Standardikokoelmista is a term used in Finnish library and information science to describe standardized or canonical collections curated to be representative, stable, and interoperable across institutions. The plural form refers to multiple such collections.
Historically, standardization movements in libraries and archives, pursued since the mid-20th century, led to the creation
Characteristics include a defined scope (core topics or genres), curatorial process, version-controlled updates, and metadata alignment.
Examples include language or literature core corpora, and standardized bibliographies, as well as national portrait or
Uses include supporting research reproducibility, pedagogy, benchmarking of digitization workflows, and interoperability in cross-institutional search and
Criticisms center on potential bias toward established canons, resource intensiveness, and slow adaptation to new scholarship;