Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules - Revision history

Dan Tobias at 18:15, 30 November 2014

2014-11-30T18:15:35Z

Dan Tobias at 01:38, 29 November 2014

2014-11-29T01:38:12Z

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |subcat=Bibliographic data |released=1967 }} The '''Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules''' (AACR) are the standard by which the old, fusty paper cards in drawers in ..."

2014-06-29T23:10:24Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |subcat=Bibliographic data |released=1967 }} The '''Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules''' (AACR) are the standard by which the old, fusty paper cards in drawers in ..."

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The '''Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules''' (AACR) are the standard by which the old, fusty paper cards in drawers in libraries were written. Designed to condense the relevant data of a book down to what would fit on a card when manually typed on it, these standards called for a number of obscure abbreviations, some in Latin. It was desperately in need of an update for the digital age, and this came in the form of its successor, [[Resource Description and Access]] (RDA).

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://www.aacr2.org/ AACR official organization]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/blogs/behind-the-scenes/2014/06/16/a-change-in-the-world-of-cataloguing A change in the world of cataloguing]

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-The '''Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules''' (AACR) are the standard by which the old, fusty paper cards in drawers in libraries were written. Designed to condense the relevant data of a book down to what would fit on a card when manually typed on it, these standards called for a number of obscure abbreviations, some in Latin. The format is part of the larger standard of [[MARC]] (Machine Readable Cataloging). It was desperately in need of an update for the digital age, and this came in the form of its successor, [[Resource Description and Access]] (RDA).
+The '''Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules''' (AACR) are the standard by which the old, fusty paper cards in drawers in libraries were written. Designed to condense the relevant data of a book down to what would fit on a card when manually typed on it, these standards called for a number of obscure abbreviations, some in Latin. The format is used within records given an overall format under the standard of [[MARC]] (Machine Readable Cataloging). It was desperately in need of an update for the digital age, and this came in the form of its successor, [[Resource Description and Access]] (RDA).
 == Links ==