Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

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Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules is a widely used library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing library materials in English-speaking countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bibliographic description standard
cataloging code
library cataloging standard
abbreviation AACR
AACR2
appliesTo audiovisual materials
electronic resources
library materials
monographs
nonbook materials
printed materials
serials
basedOn Paris Principles
countryOfUse Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

other English-speaking countries
edition AACR1
AACR2
field library and information science
firstEditionYear 1967
followedBy Resource Description and Access
goal facilitate resource discovery
standardize bibliographic description
support library catalog interoperability
hasComponent rules for access points
rules for authority control
rules for description
rules for headings
rules for uniform titles
influenced Resource Description and Access
language English
mainSubject bibliographic control
library cataloging
majorRevisionYear 1988
2002
publicationYear 1967
publisher American Library Association
Canadian Library Association
Library Association
secondEditionYear 1978
status superseded
supersededBy Resource Description and Access
usedBy academic libraries
national libraries
public libraries
special libraries
usedWith MARC standards
surface form: MARC 21

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AACR2 alsoKnownAs Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
this entity surface form: Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed.
Library of Congress authority record describedByStandard Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
AACR2 fullName Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
this entity surface form: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition
AACR2 predecessor Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
RDA predecessor Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
this entity surface form: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition
Resource Description and Access predecessor Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
this entity surface form: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition
Resource Description and Access successorOf Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules