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Concise cataloguing guide.(Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2d ed.)(Brief article)(Book review)
Byline: jonathan gordon-till
Concise cataloguing guide
Jonathan Gordon-Till assesses a book that unravels the complex world of Anglo-American cataloguing, written by the current president of the ALA
Before you construct something you need to know the ground rules, and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2) will probably be the basis for any information centre looking to build a catalogue.
This book does have one mark in its favour -- Michael Gorman is the colourful president of the American Library Association (ALA) and an award-winning author. One of the few global librarian celebrities.
Gorman's user-friendly fourth edition of The Concise AACR2 takes in the recent changes to AACR2 which reflect electronic resources, serials and cartographic information ...
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