Library Automation for 21st Century

Due to explosion of information technology, the proliferation of computer systems in libraries and rapidly growth of centralized cooperative bibliographic services and resource sharing, it becomes apparent that a standard system is needed. AACR2R and MARC 21 is such standard system, where in AARC2R use in the construction of catalogues and the MARC 21 facilitate the exchange of bibliographic and related information. MARC 21 support the revised rules of AACR2R for integrating resources both in print (loose-leaves) and electronic format (updating databases and web sites). This new manual aims to maintain the tradition established by AACR2 and MARC 21 and seeks to fulfill the same aims that is to provide a clear and comprehensively overview of modern cataloging theory, policy and practice and to provide a depth description of various fields of AACR2R into MARC 21 . To facilitate reading and understanding the books is presented in 2 parts (Part-I Description and Part-II Choice of Access points). This volume is intended as a blueprint of good cataloging practice. Thus this book is a must fro librarians and students of library science. The cataloging rules (AACR2R) and MARC coding standards (MARC21) mean to create, edit or retrieve records effectively. It has been tried to provides the guideline to user between AACR2 and MARC 21 through this book. This book is very useful create simple records and identify specific current rules of AACR2R and MARC 21 coding. the AACER2R Rules cover the description of, and the provision of access points for , all library materials commonly collected at the present time with MARC 21 standard . All changes approved by the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR2R has been incorporated in this book.