ISBD Outline - Cooperative Cataloging Rules

ISBD Outline

See also: Full ISBD Examples (from IFLA)

0 Preliminary Notes

0.1 Scope, purpose and use

0.1.1 Scope
0.1.2 Purpose
0.1.3 Use

0.2 Treatment of resources

0.2.1 Specific types of resources
0.2.2 Resources issued in multiple formats
0.2.3 Multipart multimedia resources
0.2.4 Changes requiring a new description: for continuing resources

0.2.4.1 Major changes in title proper of serials
0.2.4.2 Other major changes to serials
0.2.4.3 Major changes to integrating resources

0.2.5 Changes not requiring a new description: for continuing resources

0.2.5.1 Minor changes in title proper of serials
0.2.5.2 Minor changes to integrating resources

0.3 Outline of the ISBD and punctuation

0.3.1 Outline of the ISBD
0.3.2 Punctuation

0.4 Sources of information

0.4.1 Basis of the description
0.4.2 Determining a preferred source of information

0.4.2.1 Printed resource
0.4.2.2 For cartographic resources and for still images
0.4.2.3 For sound recordings and for moving images
0.4.2.4 For electronic resources
0.4.2.5 Resources containing different works

0.4.3 Prescribed sources and order of preference by area

0.5 Language and script of the description
0.6 Abridgements and abbreviations

0.6.6 Abbreviations found in older monographic resources

0.7 Capitalization
0.8 Examples
0.9 Misprints
0.10 Symbols, etc.
0.11 Imperfections

1. Title and statement of responsibility area

1.1 Title proper

1.1.3 Forms of title proper
1.1.4 Choice of title proper

1.1.4.1 Resource with one prescribed source of information
1.1.4.2 Resource withmore than one prescribed source of information
1.1.4.3 Resource with two or more works with a collective title
1.1.4.4 Resource with two or more works without a collective title
1.1.4.5 Resource without any title
1.1.4.6 Resource as part of, or supplement to, another resource

1.1.4.6.4 Series designation

1.1.5 Transcription

1.1.5.2 Resources without a collective title

1.1.5.2.1 Resources with two or more works without a collective title

1.1.5.3 Common and dependent titles

1.1.5.4 Displayed text without a title proper

1.1.6 Variant titles
1.1.7 Changes in the title proper

1.2 General material designation

1.2.5 Resource without a collective title

1.3 Parallel titles

1.3.5 Transcription

1.3.5.4 Resource without a collective title
1.3.5.5 Parallel common titles and collective titles
1.3.5.6 Changes in the parallel title in continuing resources and multipart monographic resources

1.4 Other title information

1.4.3.1 Incomplete or ambiguous titles

1.4.4 Transcription

1.4.4.5 Resource without a collective title
1.4.4.6 Common or dependent title
1.4.4.7 Parallel titles and other title information
1.4.4.9 Changes in other title information in continuing resources and multipart monographic resources

1.5 Statements of responsibility

1.5.4 One or more statements of responsibility
1.5.5 Transcription

1.5.5.10 Parallel titles and parallel statements of responsibility
1.5.5.11 Resource without a collective title
1.5.5.12 Common and dependent titles

1.5.6 Changes in the statement of responsibility in continuing resources and multipart monographic resources

2. Edition area

2.1 Edition statement

2.1.2 Transcribing the edition statement
2.1.5 Changes in the edition statement

2.2 Parallel edition statement
2.3 Statements of responsibility relating to the edition
2.4 Additional edition statement
2.5 Statements of responsibility following an additional edition statement

3. Type and extent of resource area

3.1 Mathematical Data (Cartographic Resources)

3.1.1 Statement of scale
3.1.2 Statement of projection
3.1.3 Statement of coordinates and equinox

3.2 Music format statement (Notated music)

3.2.1 Music format statement
3.2.2 Parallel music format statement

3.3 Numbering (Serials)

3.3.1 Recording the numbering statement
3.3.11 No designation on first issue or part

4. Publication, distribution, etc., area

4.1 Place of publication, production and/or distribution

4.1.13 Specific stipulation related to the place of publication
4.1.17 Change of place of publication, production, and/or distribution

4.2 Name of publisher, producer and/or distributor

4.2.8 For older monographic resources
4.2.9 For sound recordings and for audiovisual materials
4.2.10 Incorrect name of publisher or producer
4.2.11 Name of publisher, producer or distributor taken from information outside the prescribed source of information
4.2.12 Name of publisher, producer or distributor in more than one language and/or script
4.2.15 Change of name of publisher, producer and/or distributor

4.3 Statement of function of distributor
4.4 Date of publication, production and/or distribution

4.4.10 Resources published in multiple issues, parts, iterations, etc.

4.4.10.1 Dates given as dates of publication
4.4.10.2 Recording of dates
4.4.10.3 First date is unknown
4.4.10.4 Irregularities

4.4.11 Resources comprising one or more works

4.5 Place of printing, manufacture, or engraving
4.6 Name of printer, manufacturer, or engraver
4.7 Date of printing or manufacture

5. Physical description area

5.1 Specific material designation and extent

5.1.3 Extent
5.1.4 Pagination statement

5.1.4.1 A resource in one physical unit
5.1.4.2 A resource in more than one physical unit

5.1.4.2.1 Continuous paging
5.1.4.2.1 Several paginations

5.1.5 Playing time
5.1.6 Specific case of printed resources

5.1.6.1 For notated musical resources

5.1.7 Specific case of microforms

5.2 Other physical details

5.2.2 Statements relating to the material of which the resource is composed
5.2.3 Statement relating to the presence of illustations

5.2.3.2 Particular types of illustrations
5.2.3.3 Number of illustrations

5.2.4 Statements relating to the presence of color

5.2.4.1 Colored illustrations
5.2.4.2 Color characteristics of the resource

5.2.5 Statements relating to the reduction ratio (microforms)
5.2.6 Statements relating to the presence or absence of sound
5.2.7 Other technical specifications
5.2.8 Statements relating to alternative formats of a resource

5.3 Dimensions

5.3.1 Statement of the dimensions

5.3.1.1 Usual dimensions
5.3.1.2 Unusual dimensions
5.3.1.3 Resources issued in a container
5.3.1.4 Alternative formats
5.3.1.5 Physical units of different sizes

5.3.2 Bibliographic format and dimensions for older monographic resources

5.4 Accompanying material statement

5.4.1 Description of accompanying material
5.4.2 Short physical description
5.4.3 Alternative description of accompanying material

6.1 Title proper of series, subseries or multipart monographic resource

6.1.1 Title proper of a series or subseries
6.1.2 Title proper of a multipart monographic resource

6.1.3 Transcription
6.1.4 Subseries with a distinctive title
6.1.5 Title proper made up of a common title and a dependent title

6.2 Parallel title of the series, subseries or multipart monographic resource
6.3 Other title information of the series, subseries or multipart monographic resource
6.4 Statements of responsibility relating to the series, subseries or multipart monographic resource
6.5 International Standard Serial Number of series or subseries
6.6. Numbering within the series, subseries or multipart monographic resource

6.6.3 Multipart monographic resource within a series
6.6.5 Continuing resource within a series

7. Note area

7.0 Specific material note

7.0.1 Bibliographic reference note for older monographic resources
7.0.2 Frequency statement for continuing resources
7.0.3 Note on system requirements
7.0.4 Notes relating to mode of access

7.1 Notes on the title and statement of responsibility area

7.1.1 Notes on the title proper

7.1.1.1 Translation note
7.1.1.2 Notes on the source of the title proper
7.1.1.3 Notes giving variant titles
7.1.1.6 For continuing resource: Changes to the title proper

7.1.1.6.1 Serials
7.1.1.6.2 Integrating resources

7.1.2 Notes on the nature, scope, literary or artistic form, purpose of language of the resource

7.1.2.2 Notes on language

7.1.3 Notes on parallel titles and parallel other title information
7.1.4 Notes on the statements of responsibility

7.1.4.1 Changes in statements of responsibility

7.2 Notes on the edition area and the bibliographical history of the resource

7.2.1 Source of the edition statement
7.2.2 Changes to the edition area: for continuing resources
7.2.3 Notes on the bibliographic history of the resource
7.2.4 Notes on relationships to other resources

7.2.4.1 Translations
7.2.4.2 Reproductions
7.2.4.3 Resources with different editions
7.2.4.4 Resources with supplements, inserts/insets
7.2.4.5 Supplement to or insert/inset in
7.2.4.6 Other relationships
7.2.4.7 Notes on relationships: continuing resources

7.2.4.7.1 Continuation
7.2.4.7.2 Merger
7.2.4.7.3 Split or separation
7.2.4.7.4 Absorption
7.2.4.7.5 Series with subseries
7.2.4.7.6 Subseries

7.3 Notes on the material or type of resource specific area

7.3.1 For notated music resources: notated musis/music format statement
7.3.2 For cartographic resources: mathematical data
7.3.3 For continuing resources: notes on numbering

7.4 Notes on the publication, production, distribution etc. area

7.4.2 For continuing resources and for multipart monographic resources: changes to the publication, production, distribution, etc., area

7.4.2.1 Serials and multipart monographic resources
7.4.2.2 Integrating resources

7.5 Notes on the physical description area
7.6 Notes on the series area
7.7 Notes on the contents
7.8 Notes on the resource identifier and terms of availability area

7.8.1 Notes relating to the identification number and terms of availability
7.8.2 Notes relating to binding

7.9 Notes on the issue, part, iteration, etc. that forms the basis of the description

For electronic resources
For continuing resources:

7.9.1 Serials
7.9.2 Unnumbered monographic series
7.9.3 Integrating resources
7.9.4 Remote-access electronic resources

7.10 Other notes

7.10.2 Notes providing a summary
7.10.3 Notes relating to use/audience
7.10.4 Notes on numbers

7.11 Notes relating to the copy in hand

8. Resource identifier and terms of availability area

8.1 Resource identifier

8.1.4 For multimedia resources, sound recordings, videorecordings, and still and moving images:
8.1.5 Fingerprint

8.2 Key title (continuing resources)
8.3 Terms of availability and/or price
8.4 Qualifications

8.4.1 Qualification to identifier

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