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001: RSN, record sequence number or control number. 
 
008
    06-14: type of date, date one, date two
        see also 260$c 
    15-17: country of publication code 
    18: frequency of serial 
    24-27: particular nature of contents 
    28: government publication, document cataloguing 
    29: conference, conference publication cataloguing 
    33 (type of visual material)
        see 245$h 
    35-37: language code; cataloguing other languages, other scripts 
        see 546 

010: LCCN 
 
020: ISBN 
 
022: ISSN, serial cataloguing
    see also 780/785 
 
050: LC classification number 
 
055: Canadian classification number used with LC numbers 
 
082: DC classification number 
 
1XX
    Choice of main entry
    Form of main entry 
    Purpose of main entry, whether needed or not 
 
100: Personal author main entry 
 
110: Corporate body main entry 
 
111: Conference main entry 
 
130: Uniform title as a main entry, Bible as main entry 
 
240: Uniform title after 1XX main entry 
 
245$a
    Title proper
    Alternate title 
 
245$h: GMD (general material designation) 
    [art ...] 
    [braille] 
    [cartographic material] 
    [electronic resource] 
    [equipment] (not standard AACR gmd) 
    [kit] 
    [microform] 
    [model] 
    [motion picture] 
    [multi media] (not standard AACR gmd) 
    [music] 
    [picture], including photographs 
    [realia] 
    [sound recording] 
    [toy] 
    [videorecording], qualifying "videorecording" 
 
245$b
    subtitle 
    Parallel title 
 
245$cstatement of responsibility 
 
246: Title added entry representing whole work 
 
247: Previous title of an integrating resource 
 
250: Edition, edition vs. added copy 
 
255: Cartographic mathematical statement 
 
256: Computer file characteristics 
 
260$aPlace of publication, jurisdiction in 245$a 
 
260$b Publisher, standardization of publisher name 
 
260$cdate
    see also 008/06-14 
 
300: Collation (may include specific material designation, e.g., 
videocassette, when 245$h is [videorecording]) 
 
440
    see 830 
 
490
    see 830 
 
500: General notes 
 
501: With note 
 
502: Thesis note, cataloging theses, theses manuscripts or not 
 
504: Bibliography note 
 
505: Contents note, formatted contents note 
 
508: Creation/production credits, 245$c vs. 508 for motion pictures 
 
511: Participants note, e.g., performers, speakers at a conference 
 
518: Date and place, e.g., of a performance or conference 
 
520: Summary 
 
525: Supplements 
 
530/533/534 Alternate forms and reproductions; cataloguing original vs 
 item in hand 
 
546: Language of text; cataloguing other languages, other scripts 
 
600: Person as a subject 
 
610: Corporate body as a subject 
 
611: Corporate body as subject 
 
630: Title as a subject 
 
650: Subject headings 
 
650$v: Form subdivisions; $vFiction subject headings for fiction 
 
655: Genre headings; 650 vs 655 for LCSH genre headings 
 
700: Person as an added entry 
 
710: Corporate body as an added entry 
 
711: Conference as an added entry 
 
730: Uniform title as an added entry 
 
740: Analytic or related title added entry (for a part of the work, or 
for a related work mentioned in a note) 
 
780/785 earlier & later titles of serial, sucessive entry for serials 
 
830: Series  (490 for a form of series not traced, with the form traced, 
if any, in 830) 
 
856 URL 
 
852 Holdings

A

AACR = Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (1968); AACR2 (1978, 1988, 1998); published jointly by ALA, NLC, and LA 

A-G MARCit
    see AGent 
 
ACOC = Australian Committee of Cataloguing; member of JSC 
 
Added title entry
    see 246, 247, 740 
 
AGent
 
ALA = American Library Association <http://www.ala.org/> 
 
ALCTS = Association for Library Collections & Technical Services; member 
of MARBI 
 
Alternate title
    see 245$aAlternate title 
 
Art cataloguing
    see 245$h[art ...] 
 
AusMARC = Australian MARC; largely replaced by MARC21 
 
Authority records
    see also SARs 
 
Authority work 
 
Autocat

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B

BDRB
    see DCRB 
 
BIBCO
 
Big Red Books
    see 650 0 LCSH 
 
BL = British Library 
 
BNB = British National Bibliography 
 
Braille cataloguing
    see 245$h[braille]

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C

CanMARC
    see MARC 
 
Cartographic cataloguing
    see 245$h[cartographic material] 
 
Cataloguer education and training 
 
Catss
    see AGent 
 
CC:DA = Committee on Cataloging : Descriptive & Access of ALA, which 
 develops proposals to JSC 
 
CCC = Canadian Committee on Cataloguing; member of JSC 
 
CDS - Cataloging Distribution Service (LC) <http://www.loc.gov/cds/ 
 
Cheat sheet for documents
    see 008/28 
 
Cheat sheet for monographs 
 
Cheat sheets for nonbook materials
    see 245$h[gmd] 
 
CIP = Catalog(u)ing in Publication
 
CLA = Canadian Library Association 
 
Conference publication cataloguing
    see 008/29 conference publication, 111 conference main entry 
 
CONSER
 
Copy vs edition
    See 250
 
CORC
    see OCLC 
 
Corporate body main entry
    see 110 
 
CPSO = Cataloging Policy & Support Office (LC) 
 <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/> 
 
CSB = Cataloging Service Bulletin (LC) ISSN 0160-8029 
 <http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/train.html#csb> 

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D

DC = Dublin Core
 
DCBR = Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books (LC manual); formerly BDRB 
 (Bibliographic Description of Rare Books); both given in lower case 
 
DDC
    see 082 Dewey Decimal Classification
 
Distance education 
 
DLC
 
Document cataloguing
    see 008/28 government publication

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E

EAD
    see Metadata 
 
Edition vs copy
    See 250
 
Electronic resource cataloguing
    see 245$h[electronic resource] 
 
ESTC = English Short Title Catalogue 

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F

Film cataloguing
    see 245$h[motion picture], 245$h[videorecording] 
 
Foreign language cataloguing
    see 546 
 
FRAR = Functional Requirements of Authority Records (IFLA) 
 
FRBR = Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (IFLA) 
 
FTP = File transfer protocol; method of data transmission via the 
 Internet

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G

Game cataloguing
    see 245$h[game] 
 
GILS
    see Metadata. 
 
GMD
    see 245$h 
 
Government publication cataloguing
    see 008/28 
 
GPO = U.S. Government Printing Office; cf. DLC 
 
Green Book/Bible = Rules for Description Cataloging in the Library of 
 Congress (1949) 
 
GSAFD = Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, 
 Drama, etc. (ALA);  When genre term from the list is used in 655, 
 these lower case initials appear in $2

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H

Holdings
    see 852 

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I

IFLA = International Federation of Library Associations 
 
ILS = Integrated Library System
    see also OPAC 
 
Integrating resource cataloguing
    see also 247 
 
Internet 
 
Internet classification 
 
ISBD = International Standard Bibliographic Description
 
ISBN
    see 020 International Standard Book Number (MARC 020) 
 
ISSN
    see 022 International Standard Serial Number (MARC 022) 

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J

JSC = Joint Steering Committee for AACR 
  <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/jsc/>

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K

Kit cataloguing
    see 245$h[kit]

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L

LA = Library Association (British) 
 
LC = Used for both Library of Congress and Library of Congress 
 Classification; prefer LCC for the classification; LC's 
 Online Catalog: <http://www.loc.gov/catalog>; see DLC 
 
LCC
    see 050 Library of Congress Classification 
 
LCCN
    see 010 Library of Congress Control Number
    (formerly Library of Congress Card Number); carried in MARC field 001 in records distributed by CDS and in MARC field 010 <http://loc.gov/marc/lccn.html>
    also Library of Congress Cataloging Newsline, the electronic journal of the Cataloging Directorate <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/lccn/lccn.html> 
 
LCNA = Library of Congress Name Authorities maintained jointly with NACO 
 
LCRI = Library of Congress Rule Interpretations
 
LCSH
    see 650 0 Library of Congress Subject Headings 
 
LDR: Leader of MARC record 
 
LDR/17 Encoding level; levels of cataloguing 
 
Library of Congress
    see DLC, LC 
 
Library schools
    see also Cataloguer education, Distance education 
 
LITA = Library and Information Technology Association; member of MARBI 

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M

Main entry
    see 1XX 
 
Mansell see NUC 
 
Manuscript cataloguing see 245$h[manuscript] 
 
Map cataloguing
    see 245$h[cartographic material] 
 
MARBI = The ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine Readable Bibliographic Information 
 (ALA) ; nine voting members make decisions concerning MARC21 
 <http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/marbi/marbi.html> 
 
MARC = Machine Readable Cataloguing
 
MARCit
    see AGent 
 
MCD = Music Cataloging Decisions (LC) 
 
MeSH
    see 650 2  Medical Subject Headings (NLM)

Metadata

METS
    see Metadata 
 
MHCC = MARC Harmonization Coordinating Committee
 
Mispellings 
 
Model cataloguing
    see 245$h[model] 
 
Mongraph cheet sheet
    see Cheat sheet for monograph 
 
Motion picture cataloguing
    see 245$h[motion picture], 245$h[videorecording] 
 
MP3 cataloguing 
 
Music cataloguing
    see 245$h[music]

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N

NACO = Cooperative name authority program component of PCC; responsible 
 for the NAF 
 
NAF = Name Authority File (LCNA) 
 
NLC = National Library of Canada 
 
NLM = National Library of Medicine (U.S.) or National Library of 
 Medicine Classification (substitutes "W" for LCC's "R" for medicine) 
 
NUC = National Union Catalogue (in both U.S. and Canada)

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O

OCLC = Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
 
ONIX
    see Metadata 
 
OPAC = Onlline Public Access Catalogue; OPAC display 
 
OPAC software for small collections 
 
Outsourcing

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P

Parallel title
    see 245$bparallel title 
 
PCC = Program for Cooperative Cataloging (LC)
 
Podcast cataloging 
 
Prime entry
    see 1XX 
 
Puppet cataloguing
    see 245$h[toy] 

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R

RDA = Resource Description and Access
 
RDF
    see Metadata 
 
Reallia cataloguing
    see 245$h[realia] 
 
Red Book/Bible = ALA Cataloguing Rules for Author and Title Entries 
 (1949) 
 
Red Books see 650 0 LCSH 
 
Reproduction cataloguing see 530/533/534 
 
RI
    see LCRI 
 
RLG
    see RLIN 
 
RLIN = Bibliographic utility of Research Libraries Group (RLG) 
 
RSN
    see 001 Record sequence number; 001 and 010 at LC, 001 and 016 at NLC, 
 001 in other systems; other system numbers sometimes moved to 035 
 
RUSA = Reference User & Services Association; member of MARBI 
 
RVM 
    see 650 6 Repertoire de vedettes-matiere, Canadian French subject 
 headings 

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S

SACO = Subject Authority Cooperative Program component of PCC (LC) for 
 submitting additions and changes to LCSH 
 
SARs (Serial Authority Records) 
 
SCM = Subject Cataloging Manual (LC) in three sections: 

Score cataloguing
    see 245$h[music] 
 
Serial cataloguing
    see 022 ISSN, 780/785 
 
Sound recording cataloguing
    see 245$h[sound recording] 
 
Statement of responsibility
    see 245$c 
 
Subject headings for fiction
    see 650$vFiction 
 
Succcessive entry of serials
    see 780/785 
 
SUDOC 
    see 086 0 Superintendent of Documents (U.S.) classification MARC 086 0 
 
Subtitle
    see 245$b

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T

Thesis cataloguing
    see 502 
 
Toy cataloguing
    see 245$h[toy] 

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U

UBC = Universal Bibliographic Control, a program of IFLA 
 
UDC
    see 080 Universal Decimal Classification, an European scheme which allows 
 number building to express relationships between subjects 
 
UKMARC = British MARC, superseded by MARC21 
 
Uniform title
    see 130, 240, 730 
 
UniMARC =  International MARC (IFLA); less used that MARC21 
 
USMARC
    see MARC 
 
Utlas
    see AGent 

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V

Videorecording cataloguing
    see 245$h[videorecording] 

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W

Websites
    see Internet, 245$h[electronic resource] 
 
WLN = Washington/Western Library Network
 
Work flow in cataloguing 
 
Work space planning for cataloguing 
 
WorldCat
    see OCLC 
 
WWW (World Wide Web)
    see Internet, 245$h[electronic resource]

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