Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction

• I. Foundations
• Cataloging Theory and Serials
• Mutating the Genome
• A Comparison of Cataloging Codes for Serials: AACR2 and Its Predecessors
• II. Public Service
• The Periodical, the Patron, and AACR1
• AACR2 From an Information Scientist’s Point of View
• III. Cataloging Rules and Special Cases
• AACR2 and Series
• AACR2 and Serial Cataloging: Is There Any Need for Alarm?
• The Effect of AACR2 and Serials Cataloging on Medium-Sized Research Libraries
• Serial Cataloging Under AACR2: Differences and Difficulties at the National Library of Medicine
• Art Sales and Exhibitions: The New Era of Bibliographic Control
• IV. By-Products of Cataloging
• The Impact of AACR2 on Union Lists of Serials
• AACR2 Serial Records and the User
• V. Serials Management
• Serials Departments and AACR2
• Serials Management and AACR2 in Large Academic Libraries
• AACR2 and the Small Academic Library
• AACR2 and Serials Management
• AACR2 Serials Cataloging and Management: Concerns in Academic Libraries
• Index

About the Author

Neal L. Edgar