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How to do the descriptive cataloging?
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- Descriptive cataloging is the description of any information about the item.
A cataloger should extract information from the item effectively.
To do so, the cataloger should follow the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2 (AACR2).
- The descriptive cataloging rule can be applied to different category of item.
The items are categorized according to their physical format.
- There are 12 categories of items:
- Books, pamphlets & printed sheets
- Cartographic materials
- Manuscripts (including manuscripts collections)
- Music
- Sound recordings
- Motion pictures & video recordings
- Graphic materials
- Computer files
- Three-dimensional artefacts & realia
- Microforms
- Serials
- Analysis
- Each item is cataloged following the 8 areas in AACR2, which are:
- Area 1: Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
- Area 2: Edition Area
- Area 3: Material Specific Details Area
- Area 4: Publication, Distribution, etc. Area
- Area 5: Physical Description Area
- Area 6: Series Area
- Area 7: Notes Area
- Area 8: Standard Number and Terms of Availability Area
- Generally, there are 4 basic steps to be followed.
- Step 1: Identify the physical format of the item.
The physical format of the source will determines which cataloging rules to be applied.
- Step 2: Determine the chief source of information.
The chief source of information is the main location from where bibliographic data are taken.
- Step 3: Determine bibliographic information for the descriptive cataloging of the item.
Please note that not all the eight areas have to be applied to every item.
Only Area 1 and Area 4 must be included for each item.
- Step 4: Repeat Step 3 for the rest of the areas.
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