Cataloguing and classification : an introduction to aacr2, rca, ddc, lcc, lcsh and marc 21 standards / Fortis Lazarinis.

Chapter 1: Introduction to cataloguing classification;
1.1. Information organization;
1.2. Catalogues and catalogue objectives;
1.2.1. Cutters rules;
1.2.2. The Paris Principles;
1.2.3. FRBR and the 2009 IFLA statement;
1.3. Card catalogues and OPACs;
1.3.1. Access points, headings, main and added entries, tracings, shelflist;
1.3.2. Card catalogue types.
1.3.3. Authority files
1.3.4. OPAC;
1.4. Cataloguing and classification;
1.4.1. Descriptive cataloguing;
1.4.2. Subject cataloguing;
1.4.3. Speeding up cataloguing: practices and services;
1.4.4. Cataloguing and classification codes and formats;
1.5. Summary;
1.6. Review questions;
1.7. Practical exercises;

Chapter 2: Descriptive cataloguing codes and the anatomy of AACR2;
2.1. Introduction;
2.2. From Panizzis Rules to RDA;
2.2.1. The `Ninety-One Rules of Sir Anthony Panizzi, 1841;
2.2.2. Cutters Rules for a Dictionary Catalog, 1st edition, 1876.
2.2.3. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 1967-2005
2.2.4. Resource Description and Access, 2010;
2.3. The International Standard Bibliographic Description;
2.3.1. Areas of description;
2.4. AACR2: understanding its structure;
2.4.1. Chapters 1-12 of AACR2;
2.4.2. Chapter 13;
2.4.3. Chapters 21-26;
2.4.4. Appendices (A-E);
2.4.5. Chief source of information;
2.4.6. Punctuation;
2.4.7. Levels of description;
2.4.7.1. First level (rule 1.0D1);
2.4.7.2. Second level (rule 1.0D2);
2.4.7.3. Third level (rule 1.0D3);
2.4.8. Outline of the descriptive cataloguing process using AACR2;
2.5. Summary.
2.6. Review questions
2.7. Practical exercises;

Chapter 3: AACR2 general rules and rules for books;
3.1. Introduction;
3.2. Overview of the general rules 1.0 and 2.0;
3.2.1 Rule 1.0C1 (selected parts of the rule);
3.2.2 Rule 1.0G (selected parts of the rule);
3.3. Area 1: Title and statement of responsibility;
3.3.1 Rule 1.1A1 (selected parts of the rule);
3.3.2. Title proper (rule 1.1B); 1.1B1 (selected parts of the rule);
3.3.3. General material designation (rule 1.1C, optional addition);
3.3.4. Parallel titles (rule 1.1D);
3.3.5. Other title information (rule 1.1E).
3.3.6. Statements of responsibility (rule 1.1F)
3.3.7. Items without a collective title (rule 1.1.G);
3.3.8. Examples of partial book descriptions: area 1;
3.4. Area 2: Edition; 3.4.1. Edition statement (rule 1.2B);
3.4.2. Statements of responsibility relating to the edition (rule 1.2C);
3.4.3. Examples of partial book descriptions: up to area
2; 3.5. Area 3: Material (or type of publication) specific details;
3.6. Area 4: Publication, distribution, etc.;
3.6.1. Place of publication, distribution, etc. (rule 1.4C);
3.6.2. Name of publisher, distributor, etc. (rule 1.4D).

Includes bibliographical references and index