Concise AACR2: special area for serials, maps and other cartographic materials, and music

Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space (. - )

The area separator does not go into the MARC record. Use the Serials cataloging framework of koha.

Follow the designation and/or date of the first issue by a hyphen.

Enclose a date following the designation of the first issue in parenthesis (()).

Precede a statement of responsibility following an edition statement by space, diagonal slash, space ( ; )

3A2 Designation of first issue

Give a designation (volume, part, numbering, etc.) of the first issue in the serial. Replace words with standard abbreviations. Replace words with numbers where appropriate.362$a

3A3 Date.

If the first issue of a serial is designated only by a date, give that date. Replace words with standard abbreviations. Replace words with numbers where appropriate.

If the first issue is identified by both number, etc., and a date, give the numbering, etc., before the date.

3A4 No designation

If the first issue lacks a designation or date give [No. 1]- . If however, later issues adopt a numbering, follow that.

3A5 Ceased serials.

If the serial has ceased publication, give the designation and/or the date of the first issue or part, followed by the designation and/or date of the last issue.

362$aVol. 85B, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1945)-v. 92, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1952)

3A6 Successive designations

If a serial starts a new system of designations without changing its title, give the designation of the first and last issues of the old system, followed by the designation of the first issue under the new system.

3A7 More than one system of designations

If a serial has more than one separate system of designation, give each in the order in which it appears in the chief source of information. Separate the designations by an equals sign, space (= ), or if the serial has ceased, by a space, equals sign, space ( = ).

3A8 New serial

If the title proper of a serial changes (see rule 22C), make a new description and close the old description, (see rule 3A5).

3B Maps and other cartographic materials

3B1 Punctuation

Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space (. - )

Precede a projection statement by a space, semicolon, space ( ; ).

3B2 Scale 255$a

Give the scale of the cartographic resource if it is found on the resource or if it can be determined easily (for example, from a paragraph). Give the scale as a representative fraction. Precede the scale by scale.

If the scale appears as a representative fraction and in words, give the representative fraction only.

If the scale dose not appear on the cartographic resource and cannot be easily determined, do not give a scale statement.

If the description is of a multipart cartographic resource with two or more scales that given give the statement scales differ.

3B3 Projection 255$b

Give a statement of projection if it is found on the cartographic resource. Replace words with standard abbreviations.

3C Music (Scores etc.)

3C1 Punctuation

Precede this area with a full stop, space, dash, space (. - ).

3C2 Musical presentation statement 254$a

If a statement indicating the physical presentation of the music appears separately in the chief source of information, give it here. Typical musical annotations include miniature score, playing score, and full score.

Concise AACR2: AACR2 special area for serials, maps and other cartographic materials, and music

3A Serials (in all formats)

3A1 Punctuation