Music Library Association SDC Open Meeting Feb. 18, 2005

AACR3: Summary of Part I Draft

(and a glimpse into Parts II and III)

Kathy GlennanUniversity of Southern California

Caveat

• This summary covers a draft document, which is under consideration by the JSC constituencies right now

• CC:DA has substantial comments on the organization and contents of this draft

• JSC will meet in April to review all the comments and will direct the creation of a new draft – so specifics may change!

Organization of the Rules: Section A

• General Rules– General Rules for Description (A1)

• Apply to all types of resources

– Resources Issued in Successive Parts (A2)• Includes multipart items and serials

– Integrating Resources (A3)

Introduction to Part I

• Scope• Structure of the description• Organization of the rules• Applying general and

supplementary rules• Focus for the description• Resources in an unpublished form• Options and omissions

Outline of Chapter A1: General rules• Preliminary rules• Rules for each of the 8 ISBD areas

– Title and statement of responsibility– Edition– Material (or type of publication) specific details– Publication, distribution, etc.– Technical description– Series– Notes– Standard number and terms of availability

• Multimedia resources• “In” analytics and multilevel descriptions

Organization of the Rules: Section B

• Supplementary Rules Applicable to Specific Types of Content– Text– Music– Cartographic Resources– Graphics– Three-Dimensional Resources– Sound– Moving Images

Organization of the Rules: Section C

• Supplementary Rules Applicable to Specific Types of Media– Print and Graphic Media– Micrographic Media– Tactile Media– Three-Dimensional Media– Audio Media– Projected Graphic, Film, and Video Media– Digital Media

Focus for the Description

• Single-part resource• Resource comprising two or more

parts issued simultaneously• Resource issued in successive parts• Integrating resource• Separately titled component part• Multilevel description• Assembled collection of resources

Chief Source of Information

• Part of general rules• Standard list for all resources• Some material-specific sources

have been omitted– More bracketing of publication

information?

Prescribed Sources of Information

• Part of general rules• Standard list for all resources• Some areas more restrictive than

their AACR2 counterparts

General Material Designation• Content

– cartographic resource– choreography [notation]

– data– graphic– mixed content – moving image – music [notation]– sound– software– text– three-dimensional

• Medium– audio– digital– film– graphic– micrographic– multimedia– print– projected– three-dimensional– tactile– video

Possible GMDs (Hypothetical)

• [text : microform]• [music : digital]• [multimedia : digital]• [text : digital]

Unpublished Resources

• General rules apply equally to published and unpublished resources– Separate subrules when necessary

• AACR2 Ch. 4 rules either:– Recast as general rules, or– Removed if inconsistent with the

general rules

Assembled Collections

• AACR2 rules pertaining to assembled collections (primarily from Ch. 4)– Chiefly incorporated into the General

rules– Some moved to Section B, if content-

specific

Published Resources

• Early printed resources– Where appropriate, AACR2 Ch. 2 “extra”

rules now in• General rules, or• Supplementary rules for print and graphic media

– Introduction to AACR3 will direct specialists to manuals with more detailed instructions

• No use of [S.l. : s.n.] or their equivalents for unknown place or publisher

Resources Issued in Successive Parts

• AACR2 Ch. 12 rules moved to:– General rules, if they apply to all

resources• Numbering area

– Chapter A2, covering resources issued in successive parts• Includes continuing and finite resources

– Chapter A3, covering integrating resources

Technical Description Area

• Renamed from “physical description area”

• Split between General rules (Section A) and Rules for specific types of media (Section C)

• General rules expanded to provide instructions for all types of resources

Specific Material Designation

• Describe in terms of– Number of physical units– Number of components– Both

• Designed for clearer delineation of – Physical units (3 v.)

– Presentation units (327 p.)

– Logical aggregations of content (score, part)

AACR3: Part II (Proposal)• Choice of primary and secondary access

points– Choosing headings for the description– Choosing access points for works and expressions

• Layout should separate out decision making process

– “Rule of 3” – optional?

• Editorial tasks– Rework Chapter 21

• Address issues associated with the concept of authorship

– Update terminology – Review concept of “collection”

AACR3: Part III (Proposal)• Form of access points (AACR2 Ch. 22-25)

– Incorporate authority control principles– Rules on related references (integrating AACR2 Ch.

26)

• Uniform titles– For collocation

• Construct a heading for a Work and its Expression• Expandable• Function like guidecards

– For uniquely identifying works• Clearly identify serials and other successively updated

resources• Link with variant forms of name, numeric identifiers, etc.

End of AACR2

• JSC no longer considering rule revision proposals for AACR2– Instead, proposals forwarded to General

Editor for possible inclusion in AACR3

• 2005 Amendments will be final update– Consists of 6 pages of actual rule

revisions, plus the updated preliminary matter, etc.

Successor to LCRIs?

• Library of Congress will end LCRIs when AACR2 ceases

• Will move to a different type of documentation of cataloging decisions– Still will clarify national choices when

the rules allow for options– May provide additional examples and

procedural information

Additional Information• JSC website:

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc– Barbara Tillett’s PowerPoint presentation:

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/aacr3pptjan2005.pdf

• CC:DA website: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/

• SDC website: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/BCC/Descriptive/Descriptive.html

• Upcoming LRTS article by Jennifer Bowen

Questions?