Maxwell's Handbook for AACR2: Explaining and Illustrating the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Through the 2003 Update

545 Pages·2004·1.74 MB·English

by  Robert L. Maxwell

M A X W E L L ’ S
H A N D B O O K
A ACR 2
for
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Explaining
and Illustrating
the Anglo-
American
Cataloguing
Rules
through the
2003 Update
•
ROBERT L. M A XW ELL
•
M A X W E L L ’ S H A N D B O O K
AACR2
for
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M A X W E L L ’ S H A N D B O O K
AACR2
for
Explaining
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and Illustrating
the Anglo-American
Cataloguing Rules
through the
2003 Update
ROBERT L. MAXWELL
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Chicago
2004
Fourth Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Maxwell, Robert L., 1957–
Maxwell’s handbook for AACR2 : explaining and illustrating the Anglo-American
cataloguing rules through the 2003 update / Robert L. Maxwell. —4th ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Maxwell’s handbook for AACR2R. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8389-0875-6
1. Anglo-American cataloguing rules—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Descriptive
cataloging—Rules—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title: Handbook for AACR2.
II. Maxwell, Robert L., 1957– Maxwell’s handbook for AACR2R. III. Title.
Z694.15.A56M393 2004
025.3(cid:1)2—dc22 2004001809
Copyright © 2004 by the American Library Association. All rights reserved except those
which may be granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976.
Printed in the United States of America
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C O N T E N T S
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Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
Introduction xiii
1 General Rules for Description 1
2 Books, Pamphlets, and Printed Sheets 104
3 Cartographic Materials 120
4 Manuscripts (Including Manuscript Collections) 141
5 Music (AACR2 Chapters 5, 21.18–21.22, and 25.25–25.35) 151
6 Sound Recordings 172
7 Motion Pictures and Videorecordings 195
8 Graphic Materials 207
9 Electronic Resources 223
10 Three-Dimensional Artefacts and Realia 246
11 Microforms 252
12 Continuing Resources 260
13 Analysis 297
14 Choice of Access Points (AACR2 Chapter 21) 302
15 Headings for Persons (AACR2 Chapter 22) 361
16 Geographic Names (AACR2 Chapter 23) 415
17 Headings for Corporate Bodies (AACR2 Chapter 24) 417
18 Uniform Titles (AACR2 Chapter 25) 469
Index 499
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A B B R E V I A T I O N S
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AACCCM Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic
Materials
AACR Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
AACR1 Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, North American Text (Chicago:
ALA, 1967)
AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition (Chicago: ALA;
Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1978)
AMREMM Gregory A. Pass, Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval,
Renaissance, and Early-Modern Manuscripts(Chicago: Association
of College and Research Libraries, 2002)
APPM Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts: ACataloging Manual for
Archival Repositories, Historical Societies, and Manuscript Libraries,
2nd edition, comp. Steven L. Hansen (Chicago: Society of
American Archivists, 1989)
BIBCO The Bibliographic Record Cooperative Program
CSB Cataloging Service Bulletin (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
Processing Services, 1978– )
ISMN International Standard Music Number
JSC Joint Steering Committee for Revision of Anglo-American
Cataloguing Rules
LC Library of Congress
LCRI Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, 2 vols. (Washington, D.C.:
Library of Congress Cataloging Distribution Service, 1990–2003);
also available on the LC product Cataloger’s Desktop
MCD Library of Congress,Music Cataloging Decisions, available on
Cataloger’s Desktop
NLARI National Library of Australia rule interpretations, in ABN
Cataloguing Manual, available at <http://www.nla.gov.au/
kinetica/manuals/catman.html>
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viii ABBREVIATIONS
NLCRI National Library of Canada, AACR2R Rule Interpretations,avail-
able at <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/6/18/index-e.html>
PCC The Program for Cooperative Cataloging
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P R E F A C E
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When the first edition of the Handbook for AACR2was issued, the Anglo-American
Cataloguing Rules, second edition, was new and untried. Most catalogers were
familiar with the first edition of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR1)
(1967); many had used the preceding code for cataloging, the ALA1949 rules. All
were apprehensive about the possible effect the new cataloging code would have
on existing library catalogs. The Handbook,therefore, was designed to assist expe-
rienced catalogers as well as library school students in the application of the most
commonly used rules for description, choice of access points, and form of head-
ing as set forth in the 1978 code, which came to be known as AACR2.
Although the principles on which the 1978 code was based have not changed
in the two and a half decades since the appearance of AACR2, many modifica-
tions have been made, either by decision of the Joint Steering Committee for
Revision of AACR (JSC) or by the interpretations and policy decisions of the
major Anglo-American national libraries (the Library of Congress, the National
Library of Canada, the British Library, and the National Library of Australia).
The JSC has been remarkably active since the publication of the last edition of
the Handbook, in 1997. Three chapters have been completely revised (chapter 3,
“Cartographic Materials”; chapter 9, “Electronic Resources”; and chapter 12,
“Continuing Resources”) and new concepts introduced, notably that of integrat-
ing resources. Some significant changes in the MARC format have also taken
place.1All of this required revisions to the text of the Handbook. The entire book
has been reconsidered in the light of these and other changes through the 2003
revision of AACR2.
In the last edition the rule interpretations of the four major Anglo-American
national libraries were taken into account, rather than just those of the Library of
Congress.2 This has continued with this fourth edition except for the rule inter-
pretations of the British Library, which were themselves being revised at the time
of revision of the Handbook and were unavailable to the author. The cataloging
examples conform to the Library of Congress’s rule interpretations; where other
national libraries differ from these, it is noted in the text. In the interest of pro-
viding usable shared cataloging, U.S. catalogers, particularly those contributing
to national databases such as RLIN and OCLC, should conform to LC practice as
much as possible. Catalogers in other countries should follow the rule interpreta-
tions of their own national libraries.
Although explanations and examples in this Handbookhave been revised and
brought into line with current practice, the basic premises of the first edition of
the Handbookfor AACR2 remain the same. The editors of AACR2 include frequent
examples to illustrate the rules; these examples are not in full catalog entry
format. Nor are they given in MARC format. Catalogers as well as library school
students may find these examples mystifying in their brevity. The present text
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