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AACR3: Summary of Part I Draft ( and a glimpse into Parts II and III)

AACR3: Summary of Part I Draft ( and a glimpse into Parts II and III). Kathy Glennan University of Southern California. Caveat. This summary covers a draft document, which is under consideration by the JSC constituencies right now

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AACR3: Summary of Part I Draft ( and a glimpse into Parts II and III)

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  1. AACR3: Summary of Part I Draft(and a glimpse into Parts II and III) Kathy Glennan University of Southern California SDC Open Meeting

  2. Caveat • This summary covers a draft document, which is under consideration by the JSC constituencies right now • CC:DA has substantial comments on the organization and contents of this draft • JSC will meet in April to review all the comments and will direct the creation of a new draft – so specifics may change!

  3. Organization of the Rules: Section A • General Rules • General Rules for Description (A1) • Apply to all types of resources • Resources Issued in Successive Parts (A2) • Includes multipart items and serials • Integrating Resources (A3)

  4. Introduction to Part I • Scope • Structure of the description • Organization of the rules • Applying general and supplementary rules • Focus for the description • Resources in an unpublished form • Options and omissions

  5. Outline of Chapter A1: General rules • Preliminary rules • Rules for each of the 8 ISBD areas • Title and statement of responsibility • Edition • Material (or type of publication) specific details • Publication, distribution, etc. • Technical description • Series • Notes • Standard number and terms of availability • Multimedia resources • “In” analytics and multilevel descriptions

  6. Organization of the Rules: Section B • Supplementary Rules Applicable to Specific Types of Content • Text • Music • Cartographic Resources • Graphics • Three-Dimensional Resources • Sound • Moving Images

  7. Organization of the Rules: Section C • Supplementary Rules Applicable to Specific Types of Media • Print and Graphic Media • Micrographic Media • Tactile Media • Three-Dimensional Media • Audio Media • Projected Graphic, Film, and Video Media • Digital Media

  8. Focus for the Description • Single-part resource • Resource comprising two or more parts issued simultaneously • Resource issued in successive parts • Integrating resource • Separately titled component part • Multilevel description • Assembled collection of resources

  9. Chief Source of Information • Part of general rules • Standard list for all resources • Some material-specific sources have been omitted • More bracketing of publication information?

  10. Prescribed Sources of Information • Part of general rules • Standard list for all resources • Some areas more restrictive than their AACR2 counterparts

  11. Content cartographic resource choreography [notation] data graphic mixed content moving image music [notation] sound software text three-dimensional Medium audio digital film graphic micrographic multimedia print projected three-dimensional tactile video General Material Designation

  12. Possible GMDs (Hypothetical) • [text : microform] • [music : digital] • [multimedia : digital] • [text : digital]

  13. Unpublished Resources • General rules apply equally to published and unpublished resources • Separate subrules when necessary • AACR2 Ch. 4 rules either: • Recast as general rules, or • Removed if inconsistent with the general rules

  14. Assembled Collections • AACR2 rules pertaining to assembled collections (primarily from Ch. 4) • Chiefly incorporated into the General rules • Some moved to Section B, if content-specific

  15. Published Resources • Early printed resources • Where appropriate, AACR2 Ch. 2 “extra” rules now in • General rules, or • Supplementary rules for print and graphic media • Introduction to AACR3 will direct specialists to manuals with more detailed instructions • No use of [S.l. : s.n.] or their equivalents for unknown place or publisher

  16. Resources Issued in Successive Parts • AACR2 Ch. 12 rules moved to: • General rules, if they apply to all resources • Numbering area • Chapter A2, covering resources issued in successive parts • Includes continuing and finite resources • Chapter A3, covering integrating resources

  17. Technical Description Area • Renamed from “physical description area” • Split between General rules (Section A) and Rules for specific types of media (Section C) • General rules expanded to provide instructions for all types of resources

  18. Specific Material Designation • Describe in terms of • Number of physical units • Number of components • Both • Designed for clearer delineation of • Physical units (3 v.) • Presentation units (327 p.) • Logical aggregations of content (score, part)

  19. AACR3: Part II (Proposal) • Choice of primary and secondary access points • Choosing headings for the description • Choosing access points for works and expressions • Layout should separate out decision making process • “Rule of 3” – optional? • Editorial tasks • Rework Chapter 21 • Address issues associated with the concept of authorship • Update terminology • Review concept of “collection”

  20. AACR3: Part III (Proposal) • Form of access points (AACR2 Ch. 22-25) • Incorporate authority control principles • Rules on related references (integrating AACR2 Ch. 26) • Uniform titles • For collocation • Construct a heading for a Work and its Expression • Expandable • Function like guidecards • For uniquely identifying works • Clearly identify serials and other successively updated resources • Link with variant forms of name, numeric identifiers, etc.

  21. End of AACR2 • JSC no longer considering rule revision proposals for AACR2 • Instead, proposals forwarded to General Editor for possible inclusion in AACR3 • 2005 Amendments will be final update • Consists of 6 pages of actual rule revisions, plus the updated preliminary matter, etc.

  22. Successor to LCRIs? • Library of Congress will end LCRIs when AACR2 ceases • Will move to a different type of documentation of cataloging decisions • Still will clarify national choices when the rules allow for options • May provide additional examples and procedural information

  23. Additional Information • JSC website: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc • Barbara Tillett’s PowerPoint presentation: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/aacr3pptjan2005.pdf • CC:DA website: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/ • SDC website: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/BCC/Descriptive/Descriptive.html • Upcoming LRTS article by Jennifer Bowen

  24. Questions?

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