AACR2 LAB – Domain of Abstraction

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AACR2R Catalogue Lab

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., 2002 revision, 2005 update · identification · access points · catalogue cards · MARC 21

v6.0.0

Document text — title page, verso, cover Identify as I type

Select text, then tag it:

Level of description GMD (1.1C, optional) Language (MARC code)

Persons named in the item

Name as found	Role	Principal	Fuller form (22.18)	Dates (22.17)	Heading (override)

Corporate bodies

Name as found	Role	21.1B2 category	Heading (override)

Conference (24.7) Nature of the work (Ch. 21)

Original title (translations, 25.3A) Language of original

Subjects, classification and holdings

Subject headings (one per line; use -- for subdivisions; prefix 600/610/651 if needed) "See" / "see also" references (one per line: variant => heading)

DDC number DDC edition Book number Year / volume / copy (call no. line 3) Accession no(s). Agency code (040)

Decision trace

Main entry

Added entries

Headings formed (Ch. 22–25)

Override the main entry

Type Heading

ISBD description

Card size Separator Tracing on Subject headings in capitals Subject headings in red Shelf-list card Reference cards Show indention grid

Print at 100% / “Actual size”. Each character occupies one cell of a 10-per-inch, 6-lines-per-inch grid.

Koha: Tools → Stage MARC records for import → choose the .mrc or MARCXML file → match on ISBN or control number → Manage staged records → Import. AACR2 records use field 260 and Leader/18 = “a”. Add items (952) in Koha after import.

Search candidate authorised headings. Accept one only after checking identity, dates and context; then copy it into the “Heading (override)” column of the description.

Name

Local authority register

Verified heading Type Source URI

Notes (variants, evidence)

Search rules

Rule numbers follow AACR2, 2002 revision with the 2005 update. Summaries are original teaching paraphrases, not the text of the rules, which is copyright of ALA, CILIP and CLA. Check the exact wording in an authorised copy.

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