AACR2 CATALOGUING RULES (BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND PRINTED SHEETS)

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AACR2 CATALOGUING RULES (BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND
PRINTED SHEETS)

• THE MOST IMPORTANT RULES IS TO TRANSCRIBE WHAT
  YOU SEE IN THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION

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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

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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
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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?

Garry L. Prestonet al.
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STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Compiled by Patricia Kahola
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PUBLICATION AREA (1)

• The sources of information for publication area
  are
• The title page
• Other preliminaries (verso of title page, cover),
  but the information must be enclosed in
  brackets
• Place of publication write the name as you find
  it. If no name, write S.l.
• Name of publisher if no name, write s.n.

Publication area
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PUBLICATION AREA (2)

• Date of publication the publication area must
  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.

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Title subtitle
Authors with the same function
Author with another function
By G.L. Prestonet al. illustrated by S.E.
Belew
Name of Publisher Place Date
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A TRAINING MANUAL
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FSM BIBLIOGRAPHY
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REPORT OF MEETING
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FAD Manual
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FAO REPORT