Amendments 2001 to AACR2 revised rule 1.1C1.  Under "List 1," the general material designation (GMD) "electronic resource" has replaced "computer file."  Under "List 2," the GMD "electronic resource" has replaced "computer file" and the GMD "cartographic material" has replaced "globe" and "map."

LC practice:  Apply the following GMDs:

electronic resource (applicable to materials cataloged after November 2001; "computer file" was used for materials cataloged 1989-November 2001)

filmstrip (applicable to materials cataloged before 1992)

graphic (applicable to materials cataloged according to Graphic Materials)

microform

motion picture (applicable to materials cataloged according to Chapter 7 of AACR2; not applicable to materials cataloged according to Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual )

slide (applicable to materials cataloged before 1992)

sound recording

transparency (applicable to materials cataloged before 1992)

videorecording (applicable to materials cataloged according to Chapter 7 of AACR2; not applicable to materials cataloged according to Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual )

Do not apply the options in 6.5B1, 7.5B1, and 11.5B1 that permit specific material designations to be shortened when they are repetitious of GMDs.

See also:

1.1.  Title and Statements of Responsibility Area