| For LibrariansStandardsAACR2
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| Introduction to Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) |
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Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) are designed for use in the construction of
catalogues and other lists in general libraries of all sizes. The rules cover the
description of, and the provision of access points for, all library materials commonly
collected at the present time.
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2 (AACR 2), the
second edition of the rules, is based on a reconciliation of the British and North
American texts of the 1967 edition. This extends to style, which is generally in
accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style, and to spellings, which are those of
Webster’s New International Dictionary. These rules accomplished:
- standardization – records for all libraries are interchangeable regardless of the
course, language or type of document
- uniformity – catalogers make guided decisions, not relying on individual opinion
- consistency – less margin for errors and misinterpretations because a set of rules is
being followed
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AACR 2 is divided into two parts.
Part I deals with the provision of information describing the item being catalogued, and
Part II deals with the determination and establishment of headings (access points) under
which the descriptive information is to be presented to catalogue users,
and with the making of references to those headings.
In both parts the rules proceed from the general to the specific.
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AACR 2 is published in English and has been translated into other languages, which are
Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Malaysian, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
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| Website |
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For further information regarding AACR 2, please go to http://www.aacr2.org. |
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