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R. I. Updates

[Archived Updates]

Most recent update: 2007-06-01


Rule Addition(s)/Change(s)
1.0E Deletion of exception to separate the letters forming ligatures
1.0G Accents over capitalized letters in initialisms and acronyms in French will follow usage encountered. For accents and other diacritical marks used in headings, see chapters 22, 23, 24 and 25
Ch. 3 NEW - Cataloguing policies and decisions for cartographic materials follow Cartographic Materials: a Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, 2002 revision, 2nd edition
12.1B2 Revised to reflect CONSER standard record practice: record an acronym or initialism found on the chief source in field 246
12.1D NEW - Modification of CONSER standard record practice: transcribe in 245 $b parallel title(s) if it is in either English and/or French
12.1E1 Revised to reflect CONSER standard record practice: record an acronym or initialism or, other title information necessary for clarification of title proper in field 246
12.1F1 Revised to reflect CONSER standard record practice: statement of responsibility not required if 1XX or 7XX is given
12.3 NEW - To reflect CONSER standard record practice: numbering is to be given only in an unformatted note (362 1# field) whether first/last issue(s) in hand or not
12.3B1
12.3B2
12.3C
12.3D
12.3F
Note added to indicate rule interpretations retained as guidance for maintaining or using existing formatted 362s.
12.4C NEW - Modification of CONSER standard record practice: give any subsequently named place of publication in Canada if the first named place is not in Canada
12.7B3 NEW - To reflect CONSER standard record practice: source of title proper note must be given
12.7B6.1 NEW - To reflect CONSER standard record practice: if other title information is necessary for clarification of title proper, record it in 246 and do not record it as a note
12.7B7.1 NEW - To reflect CONSER standard record practice: justification of access points for persons or corporate bodies for a serial is not required
12.7B10 Revised to reflect CONSER standard record practice: prescribed abbreviations, capitalization, etc., not necessary in an unformatted 362; numbering may be transcribed as found
12.7B23 Revised to reflect CONSER standard record practice: examples added to illustrate combined notes for source of title proper and description based on, etc., notes
21.29F NEW - To reflect CONSER standard record practice: justification of access points for persons or corporate bodies for a serial not required
22.1B Deletion of exception to separate the letters forming ligatures
23.2A Deletion of exception to separate the letters forming ligatures
24.1 Deletion of exception to separate the letters forming ligatures
25.1 Revised to reflect CONSER standard record practice: guidelines for constructing uniform titles for Serials (including traced monographic series) are to be applied only to serials with generic titles, to newspapers, and to monographic series
25.2A Deletion of exception to separate the letters forming ligatures
B.5 NEW - To reflect CONSER standard record practice: prescribed abbreviations are not required in an unformatted numbering note (3621# field)
C.3B NEW - To reflect CONSER standard record practice: it is not necessary to substitute arabic numerals for words in an unformatted numbering note (362 1# field)
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