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EDITORIAL By Ruth C. Carter
Approach of AACR2 and RAK-WB or: No Problems in the Future Data Exchange?
By Monika Münnich
ABSTRACT. Twenty-five years after IFLA tried an equalization of entries a
new approach of harmonizing AACR2r and RAK-W4 is underway and hopefully will be concluded
in the near future. Minor and major problems have been analyzed. Possible solutions are
determined for name entries of persons and corporate bodies. An adaptation has to be made
in German rules in order to reach the same amount of "entities" in an authority
file (so far the RAK has no differentiation in personal names). Participation in
international name authority files on the basis of "national" entry forms should
be implemented as soon as possible. A harmonization in the title area, including codes for
form titles, is in the stage of final adaptation by the new "Rule Conference" as
well. Some major problems remain to be solved including hierarchies and romanization.
Finding the Missing Date: The Examples of German Imprints Without Dates.
By David Z. Chroust
ABSTRACT. Catalogers of monographs are accustomed to finding a
publication, copyright or at least a printing date in an imprint on the title page or in a
colophon. If no date is found in the "prescribed sources of information, " rule
I.4F7 of AACR2 instructs catalogers to "supply an approximate date of
publication." This article examines efficient ways of doing this, using examples from
German publishing. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, German publishers often omitted
the year of publication from their imprints. Also discussed are standard bibliographic
sources where estimated publication dates can often be confirmed. The methods and examples
presented are drawn from cataloging experience at Texas A&M University since 1992,
when the library purchased several thousand German books of this period.
The CONSER/PCC Evolution. By Jean Hirons and Brian Schottlaender
ABSTRACT. In October 1997, the CONSER Program will join the Program for
Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). Hirons and Schottlaender discuss the developments that led
up to the consolidation, the new vision for the combined program as expressed in a set of
principles,and the benefits to each program. They also examine the potential for change in
CONSER and PCC inherent in the acceptance of the principles.
ACOLIT: Un Progetto in Corso. By Mauro Guerrini
ABSTRACT. In June 1995 the ABEI (Italian Catholic Librarians Association)
established a working group in order to create an authority list of Catholic authors,
(persons and corporate bodies) and of liturgical and religious anonymous works, titled
ACOLIT, Autori Cattolici e Opere Liturgiche in Italiano (Catholic Authors and Liturgical
Works in Italian). ACOLIT contains: (1) personal authors (particularly of the apostolic
period and the Middle Ages); (2) popes and antipopes; (3) religious congregations, orders
and societies; (4) Catholic Church and Roman Curia; (5) Catholic associations; (6) the
Bible; (7) liturgical works; (8) religious anonymous works. Headings are established
according to the RICA (Regole Italiane di Catalogazione per Autori), but also to the Norme
per il catalogo degli stampati by the Vatican Library, the AACR2R, the RAK, the Reglas de
catalogaci = F3n. Ed. refundita y rev., and the guidelines and decisions of IFLA. The work
group has elaborated original considerations, particularly for the Bible. The group argues
the choice and forth of the names of popes, Catholic Church and Roman Curia of the RICA
and suggests that classical and Medieval writers should be formulated in Italian not in
Latin, and that the indirect form, surname-name, should be used for saints who have a
surname. ACOLIT has accepted the GARE punctuation (Guidelines for authority and reference
entries/ recommended by the Working Group on an International Authority System; approved
by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the IFLA Section on
Information Technology). The print edition is planned for June 1997. ACOLIT will present
headings in three sections: (1) Personal writers; (2) Corporate bodies; (1) Bible
Liturgical and religious anonymous works, ABEI will also publish an electronic edition (CD
ROM), periodically revised. The research will extend to Christian writers and -in the
future- to writers of all religions.
In Search of UBC: A Study in the Convergence of Practice Between the Library of
Congress and the Other ABACUS Libraries. Part 2. By Edgar A. Jones
ABSTRACT. A comparative analysis of choice and form of main entry in the
monograph cataloging of the Library of Congress (LC) and that of the British Library and
the national libraries of Canada and Australia in 1982 and 1989, examining the extent to
which LC practice and that of the other agencies was consistent and, when it was not, the
apparent reasons for the inconsistency. Part I provided a general introduction and
background to the study, along with an analysis of broad patterns and patterns affecting
the choice of main entry. Part 2 provides an analysis of' patterns affecting the form of
main entry headings (personal and corporate names), choice and form of uniform titles and
titles proper, and miscellaneous descriptive cataloging elements, as well as overall
conclusions and recommendations.
Nonprint Formats: A Survey of the Work and Its Challenges for the Cataloger in
ARL Academic Libraries. By Gayle Porter and Paul Bredderman
ABSTRACT. Today's emphasis on developing nonprint-format collections in
academic libraries mirrors advances in information technology. More new than old, these
formats impact not only library planning, policy, and budgets, but also the training and
the work of those who select, catalog, process, house, access, and circulate them. Results
of' this 33-item survey of nonprint catalogers in ARL academic libraries describe their
demographic and professional background, their position, staffing for nonprint cataloging
and processing, formats collected and bibliographic access provided, training and
competency in and responsibilities for cataloging, work organizational and technical
challenges, and career aspects.
Classification Plus [computer file] Super LCCS CD [computer file]
Reviewed by Robert P. Holley
Visual Explanations, by Edward Tufte
Reviewed by David Robins
Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries, 2nd Ed., by Sheila S.
Intner and Jean Weihs
Reviewed by Catherine A. Seal
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