Module 22. Interpreting Pre-AACR2 Serial Cataloging Records
While it has been many years since records were newly created according to earlier rules, serial catalogers are frequently faced with the problem of adapting or converting existing pre-AACR2 cataloging records, whether online or in card form. This module discusses the rules that governed the creation of these earlier records. It is intended to help catalogers interpret what they see. Instructions for converting a pre-AACR2 record are included in Module 23 and in C9 of the CONSER Editing Guide.
This module will discuss:
Cataloging codes used to catalog serials prior to AACR2
How these codes differ from AACR2
How earlier codes dealt with choice of entry and changes to entry
Rules for description
Rules for corporate name headings
Changes that occurred with the advent of online cataloging
22.2. Brief description of the codes
22.3. Choice of entry and changes in entry
22.5. Headings for corporate names
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