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Manual of Library Cataloguing - Softcover

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9781334501555: Manual of Library Cataloguing

Synopsis

Through the collation of various rulebooks for cataloging library materials, the author provides a comprehensive manual for standardizing the process of item description. It provides detailed guidance for creating the most important record for a library catalog - the entry under the author's name. The manual establishes principles for creating a dictionary catalog, provides rules for constructing entries for books, and establishes guidelines for managing variant forms of author names, including pseudonyms, titles, and initials. It also includes useful lists of foreign language abbreviations, as well as in-text examples of properly formatted catalog entries.

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