AACR2 - Arabic Cataloging - BIBCO Standard Record at LC - Bibliographic File Maintenance - CONSER - Copy Cataloging - Electronic Resources - FRBR - Indian Tribes, Entities - ISBN - Japanese Cataloging - Korean Cataloging - Languages and Language Codes - Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI) - MARC 21 - Modes of Cataloging - Modes of Issuance of Bibliographic Resources - Music - Name Headings - Non-Latin Script Materials - Parks, Forests, etc. - Pinyin Conversion - Rare Books - Resource Description and Access (RDA) - Romanization - Series - Sound Recordings - Unicode
AACR2
- FAQ – LC/PCC RDA and AACR2 practice for creating NARs for persons who use pseudonyms (PDF, 183 KB)
- "AACR2 Compatible" Headings (PDF, 247 KB)
- Library of Congress Implementation of the 2005 Update to the 2002 AACR2
Arabic Cataloging
BIBCO Standard Record at LC
- LC to Implement BIBCO Standard Record for Textual Monographs
- Textual Monograph MAP (Supplement for LC Catalogers)
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
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
- FRBR: Things You Should Know but Were Afraid to Ask [FRBR for Non-Catalogers] (Webcast - Speaker: Barbara Tillett; Recorded March 4, 2009; Running time: 57 minutes)
- What is FRBR?: A Conceptual Model for the Bibliographic Universe
- FRBR y FRAD: Antecedentes, estructura e impacto (Módulos en apoyo de la difusión y ensenañza sobre los modelos conceptuales de IFLA)
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, 204 KB, from the Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 155 / Friday, August 10, 2012 / Notices)
ISBN
Japanese Cataloging
- Descriptive Cataloging Guidelines for Pre-Meiji Japanese Books
from the CEAL Subcommittee on Japanese Rare Books
Korean Cataloging
- Korean Bibliographic File Maintenance
- Korean Transliteration and Word Division Guidelines
- Spacing in Korean Serials
Languages and Language Codes
- Guidelines for the identification of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian (PDF, 86 KB)
- Guidelines for Applying the Language Code for Sign Languages
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI)
- LCRI Revisions for MARC 21 Changes
- "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
- PCC Guidelines on Punctuation Used in $3 and $x in 260, 490, 8XX Fields (PDF, 15 KB)
- LCRI Revisions for MARC 21 Changes
- Implementing the Repeatability of the MARC 21 260 Field
- Change in Practice for Counting Non-Filing Characters in MARC 21 (PDF, 55 KB)
Modes of Cataloging
- Modes of Cataloging Employed in the ABA Directorate (PDF, 78 KB)
Modes of Issuance of Bibliographic Resources
Music
- Library of Congress to develop Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music in cooperation with the Music Library Association
- News from the Library of Congress - MOUG/MLA 2013 (DOC, 295 KB)
- News from the Library of Congress - MOUG/MLA 2012 (DOC, 245 KB)
- News from the Library of Congress - MOUG/MLA 2011 (DOC, 864 KB)
- Music Cataloging Decisions (October 2006)
Name Headings
- Library of Congress Will Not Change "Dept." to "Department" at This Time
- 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, 139 KB)
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)
Resource Description and Access (RDA)
- Information and Resources in Preparation for RDA
- FAQ – LC/PCC RDA and AACR2 practice for creating NARs for persons who use pseudonyms (PDF, 183 KB)
- Testing Resource Description and Access (RDA) Archives
- Resource Description and Access (RDA) Webcasts
- RDA: Resource Description and Access
- RDA: Antecedentes y aspectos de su implementación : Módulos para su presentación y difusión
- Módulos para la difusión sobre las nuevas pautas de catalogación: RDA: Recursos, Descripción y Acceso – Cambios en las pautas de catalogación y desafíos para la implementación
Romanization
- Implementation of Apostrophes in Japanese Romanized Cataloging and Proposed Revision of the ALA-LC Japanese Romanization Table
- Romanization Landscape statement released
- Procedural Guidelines for Proposed New or Revised Romanization Tables
- ALA-LC Romanization Tables
Series
Sound Recordings
- New Sound Recording Formats (PDF, 461 KB)
