Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Preface vii
4. Contents ix
5. Program of Colloquium xi
6. Part I. The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules
7. Background, Development, Problems, and Essential Characteristics 3
8. A Practical Guide for Cataloguers 20
9. The Library of Congress and the New Rules 32
10. Discussion 42
11. Part Two. Implementing the new Rules
12. Academic Libraries 57
13. Public Libraries 65
14. School Libraries 70
15. Union Catalogues 74
16. Centralized and Commercial Cataloguing 78
17. Discussion 82
18. Part III. Summary of Proceedings
19. Summary of Proceedings 91
20. Appendixes
21. Appendix I. Headings New and Old: An Illustrative Comparison of Results under the AA and ALA Rules 105
22. Appendix II. Principal Changes in Descriptive Cataloguing Rules 108
23. Appendix III. Application of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules at the Library of Congress 110
24. Appendix IV. Application of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules at the Library of Congress 111
25. Appendix IV. The Contributors 115
26. Index to AA Rule Numbers 119
27. General Index 120