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AACR2 to be Included in Cataloger's Desktop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cheryl Calista Cook)
Fri Jun 5 20:18:37 1998
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 17:37:09 -0500
From: Cheryl Calista Cook <ccoo@loc.gov>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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AACR2 COMING TO LC#S
CATALOGER#S DESKTOP
On April 28, 1998, the Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) of the Library of
Congress and the American
Library Association (ALA) signed an agreement to incorporate the Anglo-American
Cataloguing Rules
(AACR2), Second Edition (1998 Revision) into Cataloger#s Desktop, CDS#s one-disc
CD-ROM cataloging tool.
AACR2 will first appear in Cataloger#s Desktop in the last quarter of 1998. CDS
will ensure that AACR2 will
work seamlessly with Cataloger#s Desktop. For the first time, catalogers will be
able to look up a rule in
AACR2 and then immediately see how the Library of Congress interprets that rule
by consulting Library of
Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRIs)--helping to ensure that catalogers don#t
miss references to critical
policy refinements. With AACR2 and the LCRIs available on a single CD-ROM,
cataloger#s will be able to rely
on a single electronic source to get the definitive word on English-language
cataloging practice.
Because Cataloger#s Desktop includes many cataloging tools, including all USMARC
formats, with AACR2 in
the product, catalogers will go directly from locating rules to applying them in
cataloging records. Including
AACR2 in Desktop will increase both the speed and accuracy of cataloging.
AACR2 joins 29 other publications included in Cataloger#s Desktop. LC cataloging
policy specialists will
develop extensive hypertext links between AACR2 and many of the cataloging
publications already included
in Desktop. Users need not manually build links between AACR2 and other
Cataloger#s Desktop publications.
In creating the AACR2 electronic file, ALA has made an essential cataloging tool
available in electronic form.
The Second Edition (1998 Revision) brings the AACR2 fully up to date for the
first time in 10 years. It will
include all amendments, cumulated, through 1997.
Desktop#s quarterly update schedule will keep all of the links from AACR2
synchronized with the LCRIs and
other critical cataloging tools instantly with no additional effort on the part
of the user. For immediate
information about Cataloger#s Desktop go to <http://www.loc.gov/cds> or contact
Library of Congress,
Customer Support Unit, Cataloging Distribution Service, 101 Independence Avenue,
S.E., Washington, DC
20541-4912. voice: 1-800-255-3666 toll free in U.S. or (202) 707-6100 elsewhere;
fax: (202) 707-1334; e-mail:
cdsinfo@loc.gov
