22.1. General Rule
"AACR2 Compatible" Headings:
1. General. All headings newly coded to AACR2 after August 1982 will be done in accord with AACR2 and existing LC policy and will be designated "AACR2" (with one exception). A heading already coded "AACR2 compatible" will continue to be used in its existing form in post-August 1982 cataloging. A heading for a uniform title coded after August 1982 will be coded "AACR2 compatible" if it is entered under a name heading that has already been coded "AACR2 compatible."
Before September 1982, headings were coded "AACR2 compatible" if they had been established before 1981 and fell into one or more of the categories listed below. (Exceptions to this policy are uniform titles established after 1980 that were entered under a name heading that has already been coded "AACR2 compatible.")
2. Categories coded "AACR2 compatible." The categories of headings that were coded "AACR2 compatible" were as follows:
a. Hyphens
b. Pseud
c. Extraneous forename/initial
e. Forename instead of initial
f. Initial instead of forename
g. Romanization
h. Unused title
j. "(ca.)"
k. "fl."
l. English term of address, etc.
m. Cataloger-supplied place of residence, etc.
3. Exceptions to the "AACR2 compatible" categories listed above were as follows:
a. The existing heading contained the term "pseud." and the person was famous.
b. The existing heading varied from the AACR2 form in fullness and the person was famous.
c. The existing heading contained a first forename instead of a first forename initial, or the heading contained a first forename initial instead of a first forename, and the heading had been used on a bibliographic record containing a U.S. place in the publication, distribution, etc., area.
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