Catalog Rules

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Excerpt from Catalog Rules: Author and Title EntriesThat the printing of the Catalog rules be entrusted to the Publishing Board in accordance with their letters of May 2 5, 1907, and September 10, 1907, and in conformity with the requirements of the Committee on catalog rules.The Chairman of the American committee had, in the meantime, attended the annual conference of the Library Association at Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 16 - 19, and in a session with the Catalog Rules Revision Committee of that association an agreement was reached on all the rules with the exception of a few which deal with authors and publications that change their names or titles. It was decided that wherever a divergence of opinion existed with respect to a partien lar rule, both the American and English editions should embody an explanation of the same, either in the form of a note appended to the rule, or by printing the two rules side by side. Final preparations for printing followed these decisions.Rules. The informal instructions issued to the Committee by the Chairman of the Publishing Board in 1901 called for a code of rules which should be in accord with the system governing the compilation of catalog entries at the Li braty of Congress. As a result, the question of how far the needs of smaller libraries of a popular character should also be considered came up for immediate consideration. The committee found that under the circumstances its decisions must be guided chie¿y by the requirements of larger libraries of a scholarly char acter, that only incidentally would it be possible to outline modifications or variations of practice suitable for the smaller libraries. Later it was decided that a simplified edition, * specially adapted to the needs of smaller libraries of a popular character, would prove more effective than occasional directions and variations inserted in the main code.In spite of this determination to omit suggestions intended for the guidance of popular libraries, it will be found that the Committee has permitted itself to present occasional alternatives and exceptions, believing that in certain cases discretion should be left to the individual library.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.