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Unit 13: Filling Entries Rules: CCC and AACR2

many years ago and a periodic review of the clientele, their needs, and their reason for being can Notes
be useful. In order to build these alliances and deliver the best service possible, libraries of
government departments must understand the needs of their users. Libraries must have a method
of assessing needs to ensure that they collect resources of interest and use to their customers and
deliver the most needed and valuable services. If the government or department does not find
the library relevant to its information and staff needs, it may lead to a reduction in financial and
other support for the library.
The needs of all categories of users must be evaluated regularly and systematically. Personal
meetings and contacts, surveys, data collection, usage statistics and continuous communication
with the user population are all essential. Record keeping in itself is not as important as the
resulting improved service to users. After identifying who they are, non-users of the library and
its services should also be contacted to determine if they are aware of the library’s services and
why they do not use them.

Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:

13. Libraries of government departments provide information to policymakers, to
government staff and employees, and, sometimes, to the general public.
14. Management tasks for government libraries are not very different from the management
tasks for other libraries.

13.8 Conferences/Congresses and Meetings

If the work is contains proceedings or papers from a conference, create a tag 111. Otherwise, the
main entry of the work is under title and a tag 711 is used. The appropriate rule is 21.1B2D. LC
is not very consistent here. If there are two conferences in the same publication, make a tag 711
for the second one.
Literature regarding Congress or Conference comprises of:

Agenda,
Minutes,
Resolutions,
Report of proceedings,

Papers contributed,
Memoranda, etc.
The simple definition of Conference has been given by the AACR2, the term Conference used by
CCC to cover congresses, meetings, etc. It has also given a clear explanation of organ conference.
Also in CCC such kinds of corporate authorship have not been dealt under conference publications
rules.

However, if the abbreviation or name of a name is of a body to which the meeting is subordinate.

Example: An association annual meeting.
24.3C2: Ancient and international bodies. If the name of a body of ancient origin or of one that
is international in character has become firmly established in an English form in English language
usage, use this English form.

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