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.]”

What’s an author? Garry L. Preston…[et al.]

STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY

Compiled by Patricia Kahola

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]

1. Place of publication = write the name as you find it. If no name, write [S.l.]

2. Name of publisher = if no name, write [s.n.]

Publication area

PUBLICATION AREA (2)

• Date of publication = the publication area must include a date.

If the cataloguer can’t find a date in the item, he/she has to guess…and has to display the date as = [1971 or 1972], [1969?], [ca. 1960], [197-], etc.

Title: subtitle

Authors with the same function

By G.L. Preston…[et al.] ; illustrated by S.E. Belew

Author with another function

Name of PublisherPlaceDate

A TRAINING MANUAL

FSM BIBLIOGRAPHY

REPORT OF MEETING

FAD Manual

FAO REPORT