168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this important and scholarly book nearly two dozen American librarians discuss the difficulties created by AACR2 with regard to bibliographic control and management of serials in libraries.
Contents
Introduction
- I. Foundations
- Cataloging Theory and Serials
- Mutating the Genome
- A Comparison of Cataloging Codes for Serials: AACR2 and Its Predecessors
- II. Public Service
- The Periodical, the Patron, and AACR1
- AACR2 From an Information Scientist’s Point of View
- III. Cataloging Rules and Special Cases
- AACR2 and Series
- AACR2 and Serial Cataloging: Is There Any Need for Alarm?
- The Effect of AACR2 and Serials Cataloging on Medium-Sized Research Libraries
- Serial Cataloging Under AACR2: Differences and Difficulties at the National Library of Medicine
- Art Sales and Exhibitions: The New Era of Bibliographic Control
- IV. By-Products of Cataloging
- The Impact of AACR2 on Union Lists of Serials
- AACR2 Serial Records and the User
- V. Serials Management
- Serials Departments and AACR2
- Serials Management and AACR2 in Large Academic Libraries
- AACR2 and the Small Academic Library
- AACR2 and Serials Management
- AACR2 Serials Cataloging and Management: Concerns in Academic Libraries
- Index
Biography
Neal L. Edgar