| A | B |
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| field | unit of information in a MARC record that corresponds to an area of description or other piece of info |
| author | the person chiefly responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of a work |
| impression | all copies of an edition of a work printed at one time |
| tag | a label that identifies each field of a MARC record |
| editor | person who prepares another person's work for publication |
| imprint | publication details: place,publisher, date |
| indicator | Character that gives add'l info about field;right after the tag # |
| compiler | person who selects and puts together materials written by other people |
| subfield delimiter | a symbol such as $ used to indicate the start of a subfield |
| bi-annual | issued twice/year |
| biennial | issued every two years |
| initial article | the, a, or an at the beginning of a title |
| AACR2R | Anglo American Cataloging Rules 2nd Rev |
| shelf list | record of works in a library in call # order |
| subject cataloging | describing the content of a work using subject headings and classification number |
| capital letter | upper case letter |
| MARC | machine readable cataloging |
| descriptive cataloging | description of an item in a catalog record |
| mixed responsibility | different contributors to the content of a work (author and illustrator) |
| classification | assigning call number based on subject |
| CIP | cataloging-in-publication |
| OPAC | online public access catalog |
| access point | heading to be used for searching in catalog |
| cessation | termination of the publication of a serial (dead serial) |
| pagination | # of pages of a book - used in the bib description |
| main entry | Usually the author, or if no author, the title |
| designation | For a serial, the numbering (vol, issue) |
| physical description | physical format info (pages,illustration, height) |
| added entry | entry other than main entry, added authors, etc |
| publisher | person/group that issues copies of book to the public |
| ISBD | International Standard Book Description |
| ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
| s.l | sine loco (place not known) |
| s.n. | sine nomine (name not known) |
| n.d. | no date (date not known) |
| collective title | title of an item containing several works (Best Stories of 2006) |
| recto | right hand page of open book |
| verso | left hand page of open book;back of title page |
| frequency | interval between issues of a serial (weekly, etc) |
| copyright date | date identified by © |
| standard number | ISBN, ISSN, etc. |
| serial | publication issued in successive parts indefinitely |
| series | A number of works with a collective title and individual titles |
| journal | a periodical that contains scholarly articles or research. |
| integrating resource | Resource that is updated (such as looseleaf AACR2; websites; etc) |
| alternative title | part of title proper, preceded by 'or' |
| subtitle | any phrase after the title proper |
| parallel title | title proper in another language or script |
| annual | issued once each year |
| anthology | Collection of works by different authors |
| Arabic numeral | number such as 1,2,3,4 |
| leaf | sheet of paper consisting of 2 pages one on each side |
| Roman numeral | number such as i, vi, xii, lvi |
| edition | all copies of the work from same original |
| format | physical type of an item |
| GMD | general material designation |
| half title | brief title of a book on leaf before title page |
| impression | all copies of an edition of a work printed at one time |
| monograph | publication complet in one part or in a given number of separate parts (not indefinitely published) |
| statement of responsibility | indicates those responsible for content of a work |
| subfield code | 2 character code that precedes subfield |
| tag | numeric label identifying fields in MARC record |
| terms of availability | Including price etc |
| title | word or phrase that names an item |
| title page | Page that provides most complete information about author and title |
| title proper | main name of an item, including alternative title |
| union catalog | catalog of more than one library |
| updating loose-leaf | integrating resource updated by adding,deleting,changing pages |
| variant title | different form of title |
