descriptive cataloging

Presents advice for catalogers and library administrators on how to make the transition from the Anglo-American cataloging rules (AACR) to Resource description and access (RDA).

Compiles the rules for library cataloging agreed upon as of 1998 by the American Library Association, the Australian Committee on Cataloguing, the British Library, the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, the Library Association, and the Library of Congress.

Conveys the essence and basic principles of the second edition of the Anglo-American cataloging rules, revised edition, without many of that comprehensive work's rules for complex materials.