Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR

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The Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR was an international body responsible for overseeing updates to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, a key standard in library cataloging practice.

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Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cataloging standards committee
international body
library cataloging organization
areaOfInfluence Anglo-American cataloging community
collaboratedWith international library organizations
national cataloging committees
composition representatives of national and regional cataloging communities
countryScope international
documentationLanguage English
field bibliographic control
library and information science
library cataloging
fullName Joint Steering Committee for Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
goal to keep AACR up to date with changes in information resources and formats
to promote interoperability of catalog records
governedBy terms of reference agreed by participating bodies
hadMemberBody American Library Association
Australian Committee on Cataloguing
British Library
Canadian Committee on Cataloguing
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Library and Archives Canada
Library of Congress
influenced Resource Description and Access
international cataloging practice
language English
mainWork Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
operationalScope policy-making for AACR revisions
oversawStandard AACR
linked to: AACR1

AACR2
predecessorOf Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
purpose to coordinate international input into revisions of AACR
to ensure consistency in cataloging rules across participating countries
relatedTo Resource Description and Access
responsibility development of cataloging rules
maintenance of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
shortName JSC
standardType access point rules
bibliographic description rules
subjectOf professional literature in library cataloging
successor Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
usedBy academic libraries
national libraries
public libraries
special libraries

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Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA replacedBody Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR
JSC for Development of RDA replacedBody Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR