"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: The existing heading lacked a hyphen between forenames or compound surnames that would be present in the AACR2 form.

Example

b. Pseud: The existing heading contained the term "pseud."

Example

c. Extraneous forename/initial: The existing heading contained a forename or forename initial that would not be present in the AACR2 form ("forename" includes any name element that is transcribed in the forename position, e.g., a maiden name, a patronymic).

Example

d. Forename/initial lacking: The existing heading lacked a forename or forename initial that would be present in the AACR2 form.

Example

e. Forename instead of initial: The existing heading contained a forename that would be represented by an initial in the AACR2 form.

Example

f. Initial instead of forename: The existing heading contained a forename initial that would be represented by a forename in the AACR2 form.

Example

g. Romanization: The existing heading was established in its nonsystematically romanized form according to AACR1 rules for nonroman names rather than in the systematically romanized form.

Example

h. Unused title: The existing heading contained an unused British title of honor ("Sir," "Dame," "Lord," or "Lady").

Example

i. "Bp." / "Abp.": The existing heading contained the abbreviation "Bp." or "Abp." rather than "Bishop" or "Archbishop."

Example

j. "(ca.)": The existing heading contained "(ca.)" after the date.

Example

k. "fl.": The existing heading contained a twentieth century date in the form "fl. [date]."

Example

Note: Such a heading is changed if a birth date becomes available.

l. English term of address, etc.: The existing heading contained a term of address, etc., in English rather than in the vernacular form.

Example

m. Cataloger-supplied place of residence, etc.: The existing heading contained an indication of a place of residence or field of interest that was supplied by the cataloger to resolve a conflict.

Examples

Note: Such a heading is changed if a birth date becomes available.

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.

22.1B.

22.1C.

See also:

22. Persons