Unofficial text of LCRI to be published in August

NOTE: date of implementation is Aug. 31, 2001

B.5.	Other Parts of the Catalogue Entry. [New]

The following text is a revision of the current text of appendix B.5 approved by the
Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSC); this revision will be published
as part of the Amendments 2000 package.  However, due to interest on the part of the 
Program for Cooperative Cataloging, JSC has agreed to LC's request to allow LC and PCC 
libraries to implement this revision prior to publication of the amendments package.  
The LC/PCC implementation follows the revised AACR2 rule.


B.5.  OTHER PARTS OF THE CATALOGUE ENTRY

B.5A.  Edition statement

B.5A1.  Abbreviate words, or substitute one form of abbreviation with the prescribed 
abbreviation, in the edition statement, according to B.9-B.12, B.14-B.15.

B.5B.  Terms used with numbering in the series statement

B.5B1.  Abbreviate words, or substitute one form of abbreviation with the prescribed 
abbreviation, for terms used with numbering in the series statement, according to B.9-B.12.

B.5C.  Other areas

B.5C1.  Abbreviate words in the catalogue entry which are not covered by B.2-B.5B, 
subject to the limitations specified in footnotes to B.9.  However, do not do so if 
the brevity of the statement makes abbreviations unnecessary or if the resulting 
statement might not be clear.  Do not use a single-letter abbreviation to begin a note. 
Do not abbreviate words in quoted notes.


LC/PCC implementation:

	Bibliographic records:  Substitute one form of abbreviation with the prescribed 
abbreviation in the edition area and in the series statement/series access point in all 
bibliographic records created after August 31, 2001.

      Series authority records (SARs) used or created after August 31, 2001:
SAR already in the national authority file: If the abbreviation in the 
"series numbering example" information (642 field) is not the prescribed
abbreviation, change the 642 field to the prescribed abbreviation.  
For example, change "vol. 2" to "v. 2" or change "numb. 1" to "no. 1."  
LC catalogers:  Send SAR printout to CPSO.  PCC SAR participants: Notify LC's 
Cooperative Cataloging Team.
        SAR being added to the national authority file: Substitute one form of 
abbreviation with the prescribed abbreviation when giving the 642 field information.

	Rationale for implementation decisions:  It is recognized that the decision to change the 642 
	field in existing SARs will create split files in those local catalogs using bibliographic 
	4XX/8XX subfield $v information for indexing, sorting, and display for some types of searches. 
	However, the benefit of consistent actions for catalogers, the fact that no additional bibliographic 
	records will be created that would need to be updated in the future, and the potential ability 
	to set off the numeral from the abbreviation in the subfield $v information in bibliographic records 
	justify the decision to change existing SARs.