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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511375703321

Autore

Bowman J. H

Titolo

Essential cataloguing / / J.H. Bowman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Facet, , 2003

ISBN

1-85604-977-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

028.5

Soggetti

Descriptive cataloging

MARC formats

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Note to this impression; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The aim of this book; Layout; The need for cataloguing; What makes a good cataloguer?; 2 Background to cataloguing and AACR2; What is a catalogue?; Why have catalogues?; What is cataloguing?; The importance of catalogues; Main and added entries; Origins of modern cataloguing; International Standard Bibliographic Description; Punctuation; Standards; MARC; 3 Structure of AACR2 and of the MARC 21 format; Appendices; The general introduction; Main and added entries; Structure of entries; Optional rules

The word 'prominently'Judgement and interpretation; Examples in AACR2; Structure of a MARC record; List of the main MARC 21 fields; Punctuation; 4 Description; Areas of description; Sources of information; Arrangement of the areas; Punctuation; Levels of description; Copying; Title and statement of responsibility area; Exceptions to copying; Edition area; Material specific details area; Publication, distribution, etc., area; Physical description area; Illustrative matter; Series area; Note area; Standard number and terms of availability area; 5 Access points; Personal author; Corporate body

Title entryChanges of persons or bodies responsible for a work; Miscellaneous cases; Works by more than one person or body; Shared responsibility; Works of mixed responsibility; Related works; Added entries; 6 Multipart works; Description; Multipart works and series; Change of title between parts; Change of persons or bodies responsible



between parts; 7 Headings for persons; Choice of name; Entry element; Entry under surname; Titles of nobility; Entry under given name, etc.; Entry under initials, letters or numerals; Entry under phrase; Additions to names; Married women; Saints; Spirits

Distinguishing identical names8 Headings for corporate bodies; Punctuation and spacing; Capitalization; Order of elements in name; Changes of name; Variant names; Additions to names of bodies; Omissions from names; Names of ships; Conferences; Exhibitions, fairs, festivals, etc.; Miscellaneous other rules about additions and omissions in headings; Subordinate bodies; Joint committees, commissions, etc.; Government names; Courts; Armed forces; 9 Authority control; What is authority control?; Why have authority control?; How do you do authority control?; Structure of an authority record

Personal namesCorporate bodies; Uniform titles; 10 Uniform titles; The two types of uniform title; Uniform titles for individual works; Special uses of uniform titles; Sacred scriptures; Collective titles; Bibliography; Appendix: Catalogue records in MARC 21 format for the examples in this book; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Designed as a simple companion to ""AACR2"", this book covers descriptive cataloguing for library school students, beginning cataloguers and information professionals. It is fully cross-referenced to ""AACR2"", taking into account the 2002 revisions, and also includes MARC21 coding and examples.