Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

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bibliographic description standard cataloging code library cataloging standard

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules is a widely used library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing library materials in English-speaking countries.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules canonical	13
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition	4
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed.	1
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (historically)	1
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, first edition	1
Anglo-American cataloging standards	1
Anglo-American cataloging tradition	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T656855 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Context triple: [Library of Congress authority record, describedByStandard, Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules]

A. Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
B. Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library of Congress Subject Headings is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary used by libraries worldwide to provide standardized subject access to cataloged materials.
C. MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
D. Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification is a widely used library classification system that organizes knowledge into ten main subject classes, each subdivided into more specific numeric categories.
E. MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Target entity description: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules is a widely used library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing library materials in English-speaking countries.

A. Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
B. Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library of Congress Subject Headings is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary used by libraries worldwide to provide standardized subject access to cataloged materials.
C. MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
D. Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification is a widely used library classification system that organizes knowledge into ten main subject classes, each subdivided into more specific numeric categories.
E. MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bibliographic description standard ⓘ cataloging code ⓘ library cataloging standard ⓘ
abbreviation	AACR ⓘ AACR2 ⓘ
appliesTo	audiovisual materials ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ library materials ⓘ monographs ⓘ nonbook materials ⓘ printed materials ⓘ serials ⓘ
basedOn	Paris Principles ⓘ
countryOfUse	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America other English-speaking countries ⓘ
edition	AACR1 ⓘ AACR2 ⓘ
field	library and information science ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1967 ⓘ
followedBy	Resource Description and Access ⓘ
goal	facilitate resource discovery ⓘ standardize bibliographic description ⓘ support library catalog interoperability ⓘ
hasComponent	rules for access points ⓘ rules for authority control ⓘ rules for description ⓘ rules for headings ⓘ rules for uniform titles ⓘ
influenced	Resource Description and Access ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	bibliographic control ⓘ library cataloging ⓘ
majorRevisionYear	1988 ⓘ 2002 ⓘ
publicationYear	1967 ⓘ
publisher	American Library Association ⓘ Canadian Library Association ⓘ Library Association ⓘ
secondEditionYear	1978 ⓘ
status	superseded ⓘ
supersededBy	Resource Description and Access ⓘ
usedBy	academic libraries ⓘ national libraries ⓘ public libraries ⓘ special libraries ⓘ
usedWith	MARC 21 ⓘ linked to: MARC standards Machine-Readable Cataloging formats ⓘ

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