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Update : 2002-12-01

Rule Addition(s)/Change(s)
Levels Revised to reflect rule revision at 12.1E1
1.4D4 Deleted - Rule to give the name of the publisher, etc., in the shortest possible form if the name of the publisher, etc., appears in a recognizable form in the title and/or statement of responsibility has been deleted
1.4D5 Renumbered - Optional Addition. Name and place of distributor from 1.4D6
1.4D6 Renumbered - Name of publisher, distributor, etc. from 1.4D7
1.4F8 Rule expanded to cover dates for serials, integrating resources, and multipart items; with an option to supply beginning and/or ending date(s) if first and/or last issue/iteration/part not available (current NLC practice)
1.4F10 Clarification of rule regarding earliest and latest dates of publication of unpublished collections
1.6G1 Interpretation revised to record numbering in more than one language in series statement
1.A1 Addition of accepted postal symbol for Newfoundland and Labrador
2.5B20 Renumbered - Number of volumes and/or pagination from 2.5B21
2.5B23 Renumbered - Large print from 2.5B24
11.3C Interpretation revised to reflect the new definition of numbering
12.0A Interpretation revised to reflect new scope of "continuing resources": reference to items of limited duration being treated as monographs deleted; loose-leaf publications now treated as integrating resources
12.0B2 Renumbered - Sources of information. Printed resources (formerly Printed serials) from 12.0B1; clarification of chief source of information for direct access electronic resources
12.0B3 NEW - Clarification of prescribed source of information for numbering area of nonprint serials
12.0H Revised to add interpretation concerning chief source of information of integrating resources
12.1B2 Interpretation revised to reflect rule change to give the full form as title proper when both full form and initialism/acronym are on chief source
12.1B7 Clarification of interpretation
12.1B8b NEW - Interpretation for change(s) in title proper of integrating resources; reference to R.I. 21.2C1b added
12.1E1 Revised - Former interpretation of when to transcribe other title information has now been incorporated into the rule
12.2F1b NEW - Reference to R.I. 21.2C1b and R.I. 21.3B1b for treatment of change(s) in edition information of integrating resources
12.3F Revised - Former interpretation of giving the designation of the last issue/part when first issue/part is not available has now been incorporated into the rule
12.4G3 Renumbered - Place of manufacture, name of manufacturer, date of manufacture. Optional addition from 12.4G2
12.5B1 NEW - Expansion of rule revision to use only "v." for printed serials
12.5B2 Interpretation revised to use only "v." as a specific material designation for printed serials completed in less than one volume
12.7B1 Revised to clarify use of frequency note for integrating resources
12.7B4.1 Renumbered - Variations in title from 12.7B4
12.7B4.2 NEW - Change in title proper of integrating resources
12.7B8a Renumbered - Continued by from 12.7B7c)
12.7B8c Renumbered - Split from 12.7B7e)
12.7B8d Renumbered - Absorption from 12.7B7f)
12.7B8g Renumbered - Supplements from 12.7B7j)
12.7B10 Renumbered and renamed - Numbering and issuing peculiarities from 12.7B8 - Numbering and chronological designation
12.7B21 NEW - NLC decision on the use of 856 for archived titles of: a) electronic serials that do not retain earlier titles; b) earlier iterations of integrating resources
12.7B23 Interpretation revised to reflect new definition of "numbering"
12.8B1 NEW - Standard number of continuing resources
21.2A2 Renumbered - Changes in title proper from 21.2A - Interpretation revised to reflect current expanded definitions of major and minor changes in title proper; examples of minor changes in title proper added
21.2C Deleted - Interpretations for fluctuating titles and for change(s) in order of serial titles have now been incorporated into rule 21.2A2
21.2C1b NEW - Decision concerning change(s) of title proper of "same" integrating resource
21.3B1b NEW - Decision concerning change(s) of persons or bodies responsible for "same" integrating resource
21.29D Rule interpretation expanded to include a 'Canadian connection' category at cataloguer's discretion
21.30J Revised to add guidelines for added entries for former title or title variations of continuing resources
21.30L Interpretation revised to clarify form of added entry of series with numbering in more than one language
25.1 Revised - Guidelines for the Application of Uniform Titles to Works with Identical Titles Proper apply to all continuing resources (serials and integrating resources)


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