Description+Rules

It is the Smethport Elementary School Library’s policy to catalog all items according to Anglo- American Cataloging Rules, second edition, 2005 edition, using the USMARC format and supplying MARC coding and tagging. § Area 1: Title and statement(s) of responsibility § Area 2: Edition Statement § Area 3: Material specific details (used for selected material formats) § Area 4: Publication, distribution information § Area 5: Physical description (not used for remote electronic resources) § Area 6: Series statement § Area 7: Notes (optional, with a few exceptions) § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 8: Standard numbers (ISBN or ISSN) and terms of availability <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> // Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules  //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. 2nd ed., 2005 rev. Chicago: American Library Association, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 2005. Print. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduction to Cataloging and Classification //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. 8th ed., Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Inc., 1992. Print. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">AACR2 Prescribed Sources // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Abbreviations for Place of Publication // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">CIP Keys // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">GMD/SMD Chart // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">How to Catalog a Book in a Series // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ISBN Tips // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Organization of AACR2 // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Prescribed Sources for Cataloging Information In Order of Preference // //<span style="color: #333300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Summary Writing Documents // <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ **//<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Nice! //** **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Add references to handouts at point of need, **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">i.e. Organization of AACR (where to look for various formats) and GMD/SMD Chart, Key to CIP, etc. Examples**: ISBN Tips in Area 8, How to catalog a series in Area 6, etc. Make them appendices at the end of the section for quick access.** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record the title and the person or persons that are responsible for the material being cataloged. Record information exactly as stated on the title page or chief source. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Title proper : other title information / statement of responsibility. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(Include [GMD] immediately following title proper for non-book item (videos, DVDs, etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Braniff Concorde [motion picture] / Braniff Airways, Inc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record the named and/or numbered edition statement and statement of responsibility relating to the particular edition, if any. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Number (ordinal) of edition followed by the word edition abbreviated <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record any special materials such as mathematical data, musical presentation statements, numeric and/or alphabetic, chronological, or other designation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record place of publication, distribution, etc.; name of publisher, distributor, etc., date of publication, distributor, etc.; and sometimes place of manufacture, name of manufacture, and date of manufacture. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Place of publication : name of publisher, date of publication. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record the dimensions and other physical details about the item. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Number of pages. : illustrations., height of item in centimeters + accompanying materials (if applicable). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record the number of separate works, usually related in subject or form, that are issued successively usually issued by the same publishers, distributor, etc., and in uniform style, with a collective title. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(series title type of book ; number in series) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record any catalog data that cannot be incorporated in the preceding parts of the record. Each note is usually recorded in a separate paragraph. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Precede each note by a full stop, space, dash, space or start a new paragraph for each. Separate introductory wording from the main content of a note by a colon followed but not preceded by a space. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Accelerated Reader <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Intended audience : Ages 2-7 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Record the ISBN or ISSN and price or other terms on which the item is available. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">State the ISBN number : (qualifying information) cost of material
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Description Policy and Procedures **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Policy **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Purpose **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(Add the purpose for this policy…see samples. Otherwise this is excellent!) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Level of Cataloging Description: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Enhanced Level 1
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Areas of Description: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Resources Used to Apply Rules of Description: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Quick Reference Guides to be Included in Manual: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Procedures **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Area 1: Title Proper and statement of responsibility (AACR2r 1.1) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The mountains are on fire : tragedy in the Himalayas / by Alice Kane ; illustrated by John Hauser.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Area 2: Edition Statement (AACR2r 1.2) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2nd ed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Area 3: Material specific details (AACR2r 1.3) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Scale 1:24,000 ; Polyconic proi.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. Area 4: Publication, distribution information (AACR2r 1.4) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">New York : Dell, 1985** . **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. Area 5: Physical description (AACR2r 1.5) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">271 p. : ill. ; 22 cm**.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. Area 6: Series statement (AACR2r 1.6) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(Typophile chap books ; 7)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7. Area 7: Notes (AACR2r 1.7) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Summary: Knuffle Bunny takes a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat, but his exciting adventure takes an unexpected turn when he realizes something is missing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. Area 8: Standard numbers (ISBN or ISSN) and terms of availability (AACR2r 1.8) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ISBN 0-7043-3100-4 (pbk) : $1.95