Practical Cataloguing AACR2, RDA and MARC 21

itle page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Catalogues and cataloguing standards; Ranganathan; Cutter; Lubetzky; The Paris Principles, ISBD, AACR, RDA; 2 The FRBRization of the catalogue; Relationships at the heart of the catalogue; Works, expressions, manifestations and items; Relationships to people; 3 Bibliographic elements; Format first; Identifying the bibliographic elements; Title and statement of responsibility; Edition area; Publication area; Date of publication; Punctuating the publication, distribution, etc. area; Physical description area; Series area; Note area Standard number and terms of availabilityConclusion; 4 Access points and headings; What are access points and why do we need them?; 'Every reader his book'; Defining the author; Defining the title; Access points in the modern catalogue; Name authority control; Headings for corporate bodies; Titles; Multipart works and series; 5 RDA: resource description and access; Timeline to change; Changes; The development of RDA and its principles; FRBR as the foundation of RDA; Relationships between entity groups; FRBRizing the catalogue; Practical cataloguing today; 6 AACR and RDA; Introduction Title properStatement of responsibility relating to title; Media type; Illustrative content; Creator; Related work; Conclusion; 7 MARC 21; What is MARC 21?; Catalogue format, not cataloguing code; The structure of a MARC record; Main entries and added entries revisited; Punctuation; Common MARC 21 fields; The impact of RDA; 8 Practical cataloguing: bringing it all together; Key activities for cataloguing managers; Key activities for cataloguers; Key activities for the beginning cataloguer; 9 The birth of RDA and the death of MARC? Testing resource description and access.