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AACR2
- "AACR2 Compatible" Headings (PDF, 247 KB)
- Library of Congress Implementation of the 2005 Update to the 2002 AACR2
Arabic Cataloging
Bibliographic File Maintenance
- Library of Congress Policy on the Implementation of Revised LCRI 22.17 and Notice of OCLC RSS Feed for Local Bibliographic File Maintenance
- Name Authority Cooperative Program (NACO) Requirements for Reporting of Bibliographic File Maintenance
CONSER
Copy Cataloging
Core Level Cataloging
Electronic Resources
- Draft Interim Guidelines for Cataloging Electronic Resources
- Codes in Use at the Library of Congress for 856 $q (Electronic Format Type)
FRBR
- IFLA Cataloguing Section FRBR Review Group
- What is FRBR?: A Conceptual Model for the Bibliographic Universe
Indian Tribes, Entities
- Headings for Indian Tribes Recognized by the U.S. Government
- Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (PDF, 100KB)
ISBN
Japanese Cataloging
Languages and Language Codes
- Guidelines for the identification of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian (PDF, 86KB)
- Guidelines for Applying the Language Code for Sign Languages
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI)
- "AACR2 Compatible" Headings (PDF, 247 KB)
- List of Current Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (PDF, 57 KB)
- Draft revision of LCRI 22.1B on Determining the Name by Which a Person is Commonly Known
- LCRI 22.17 on Death Dates - Policy on Implementation
- Draft revision of LCRI 22.2 for Composers and Performers
- Draft of LCRI 25.13 on Manuscripts and Manuscript Groups (PDF, 57 KB)
MARC 21
- Change in Practice for Counting Non-Filing Characters in MARC 21 (PDF, 55KB)
- Library of Congress Implementation of New MARC 21 Data Elements
- LC Usage of New MARC 21 Characters, LC Processing Implications (PDF, 69 KB)
Modes of Issuance of Bibliographic Resources
Music
- Music Cataloging Decisions
- News from the Library of Congress - MOUG/MLA 2008 (Word File; 524KB)
Name Headings
- Addition of Dates to Existing Personal Name Headings
- Addition of Dates to Existing Personal Name Headings: Original Proposal (June, 2005)
- Summary Analysis of Comments Received on "Dates in Personal Name Headings" Proposal and Corresponding Decisions (PDF, 139KB)
Non-Latin Script Materials
- Non-Latin Script Data in Name Authority Records: General Information
- LC Cataloging of Non-Roman Script Materials in a Post-RLIN World (PDF, 79 KB)
- Resources for Arabic Cataloging
- Library of Congress Pinyin Conversion Project
- Descriptive Cataloging Guidelines for Pre-Meiji Japanese Books (PDF, 729 KB)
- Descriptive Cataloging of East Asian Material: CJK Examples of AACR2 and Library of Congress Rule Interpretations
Parks, Forests, etc.
Pinyin Conversion
Rare Books
- Library of Congress Rare Book Team Now Using DCRM(B)
- Updates to Standard Citation Forms for Rare Book Cataloging
- LC Decisions on Application of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (PDF, 74 KB)
RDA
Series
Sound Recordings
- New Sound Recording Formats (PDF, 461 KB)