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Seema Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 11: History and Development of Library Catalogue Codes

Unit 11: History and Development Notes

of Library Catalogue Codes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
11.1 Catalogue Code
11.2 Development of Catalogue Codes
11.2.1 The British Museum Code
11.2.2 Charles Jewett's Code
11.2.3 Charles Ammi Cutter's Rules (Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue)
11.2.4 The Prussian Instructions
11.2.5 Anglo American Code, 1908: (A A Code)
11.2.6 Vatican Code: 1931
11.2.7 ALA Cataloguing Rules
11.2.8 International Conference on Cataloguing Principles (ICCP) 1961
11.2.9 AACR I
11.3 Summary
11.4 Keywords
11.5 Review Questions
11.6 Further Readings

Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Define Catalogue code
Discuss development of Catalogue code.

Introduction
The history of catalogues reveals that early catalogues were based on tradition inherited from
individual libraries. Since the catalogues were prepared to serve as inventory lists, the other
functions of catalogue were not taken into consideration. The growth of the collection, the increase
in the number of users, the variety of approaches of the users and the need for standardization
necessitated framing a set of rules for cataloguing.

11.1 Catalogue Code

Catalogue code means “a set of rules with defined terminology designed for cataloguing purposes”.
The catalogue code and rules guide the cataloguer as to how the entries for books are to be
prepared.

11.2 Development of Catalogue Codes

Reviews the historical development of basic concepts in descriptive cataloguing provides an
analytical overview of selected cataloguing codes affecting the evolution of cataloguing principles.
The main purpose is to explore the basic concepts underlying different codes of cataloguing rules

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