This book is intended to convey the essence and basic principles of the second edition of the Anglo-American cataloguing rules (AACR2) without many of that comprehensive work’s rules for out-of-the-way and complex materials. Those rules from the full text that have been retained have been rewritten, simplified, and, usually, supplied with new examples. This rewriting is intended to highlight the rules for commonly encountered library materials and to make them even more accessible. Although the method of presentation is different, the end result of the cataloguing process should be the same whether one is using the full or the concise text. |
