Towards AACR3: a review of the implications of OPACs for cataloguing codes and practices

Rowley, Jennifer (1989) Towards AACR3: a review of the implications of OPACs for cataloguing codes and practices. Library Review, 38 (3). pp. 7-18. ISSN 1758-793X

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Abstract

The increasing availability of on-line public access catalogues (OPACs) offers a new mode of access to all types of library and information sources. The changing role of the catalogue merits a reassessment of the role of cataloguing codes. A wholesale revision of AACR is required. The basic purpose of a cataloguing code is standardisation of description, headings and punctuation. The essential nature of retrieval in OPACs is that retrieval can be based on words anywhere in a record. This has implications for the contents of the record, and merits a complete reassessment of the role of access points in catalogues.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	No
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2010 13:38
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Additional Information:	Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Library Review, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
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URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/93649
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539410791445
ISSN	1758-793X

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