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Aacr2 Cataloguing Rules (Books, Pamphlets, and Printed Sheets)
Aacr2 Cataloguing Rules (Books, Pamphlets, and Printed Sheets)
THE MOST IMPORTANT RULES IS TO TRANSCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
SOURCE OF INFORMATION The title page is the chief source of information. If a book has no title page, use the cover, the half-title page or the caption
TITLE
Transcribe the title proper just as it appears in the title page (chief source of information) Transcribe exactly all the words of the title proper = do not omit any words Items lacking a title = the cataloguer can make up a title for an item but MUST put it in [brackets]
TITLE
STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Transcribe just as it appears in the chief source of information When more than 3 authors have the same function, give only the first name followed by [et al.] Whats an author?
STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
include a date.
If the cataloguer cant find a date in the item, he/she has to guessand has to display the date as = [1971 or 1972], [1969?], [ca. 1960], [197-], etc.
A TRAINING MANUAL
FSM BIBLIOGRAPHY
REPORT OF MEETING
FAD Manual
FAO REPORT