Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xi
Preface xiii
1 Catalogues and cataloguing standards 1
Ranganathan 2
Cutter 3
Lubetzky 4
The Paris Principles, ISBD, AACR, RDA 5
2 The FRBRization of the catalogue 7
Relationships at the heart of the catalogue 8
Works, expressions, manifestations and items 10
Relationships to people 11
3 Bibliographic elements 17
Format first 17
Identifying the bibliographic elements 20
Title and statement of responsibility 21
Edition area 30
Publication area 33
Date of publication 37
Punctuating the publication, distribution, etc. area 41
Physical description area 42
Series area 45
Note area 46
Standard number and terms of availability 48
Conclusion 48
4 Access points and headings 49
What are access points and why do we need them? 49
'Every reader his book' 50
Defining the author 51
Defining the title 51
Access points in the modern catalogue 52
Name authority control 61
Headings for corporate bodies 72
Titles 75
Multipart works and series 80
5 RDA: resource description and access 83
Timeline to change 83
Changes 84
The development of RDA and its principles 87
FRBR as the foundation of RDA 90
Relationships between entity groups 94
FRBRizing the catalogue 101
Practical cataloguing today 103
6 AACR and RDA 105
Introduction 105
Title proper 106
Statement of responsibility relating to title 110
Media type 119
Illustrative content 125
Creator 127
Related work 128
Conclusion 129
7 MARC 21 131
What is MARC 21? 131
Catalogue format, not cataloguing code 132
The structure of a MARC record 132
Main entries and added entries revisited 133
Punctuation 134
Common MARC 21 fields 135
The impact of RDA 156
8 Practical cataloguing: bringing it all together 159
Key activities for cataloguing managers 162
Key activities for cataloguers 164
Key activities for the beginning cataloguer 165
9 The birth of RDA and the death of MARC? 167
Testing resource description and access: final recommendations 167
'MARC must die' 170
10 Examples 173
Sample records for J.H. Bowman. Essential cataloguing. London: Facet Publishing, 2007 174
Sample records for Derek Adams. Unconcerned but not indifferent. Colchester: Ninth Arrondissement, 2006 177
Sample records for Pascale Petit. The wounded deer. Huddersfield: Smith Doorstop, 2005 181
Sample records for Jasmine Ann Cooray. Everything we don't say. London: Tall Lighthouse, 2009 186
Sample records for Joanna Ezekiel. Centuries of skin. Snitterfield: Ragged Raven, 2010 189
Sample records for Henry Charles Moore. Noble deeds of the world's heroines. London: Religious Tract Society, 1903 192
Sample records for W. Carew Hazlitt (ed.). The essays of Michel de Montaigne. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892 194
Sample records for David Pearson. Provenance research in book history: a handbook. London: British Library, 1998 197
Sample records for John H. Ingram. The poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, from 1862 to 1844. London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, [18--] 200
Sample records for The Library of Babel, in and out of place, 25 February - 13 June 2010. London: Zabludowicz, 2010 202
References 207
Index 213
