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Steps or stages for per forming orig inal cat aloging are di vided into
two parts: de scrip tive cat a log ing and sub ject cat a log ing. Sub ject cat-
a log ing has two ad di tional stages: sub ject head ing and clas si fi ca tion.
The chart shown in Fig ure 3.1 il lustrates the steps for cat aloging.
Rules and reg ulations are for mulated and pub lished for each step.
These rules have been adopted uni versally by the library world to
pro vide con sis tency and uni for mity for us ers. The li brary tech ni cian
needs to be fa miliar with ap propriate cataloging tools that con tain the
rules, so that rules for spe cific ma terial can be fol lowed ac curately.
Memorizing all the rules is nei ther pos sible nor prac tical, al though
the li brary tech nician needs to un derstand the rules and how to con-
sult the ref erence tools ef ficiently. The fol lowing ref erences are used
as cat a log ing tools.

ANGLO-AMERICAN CATALOGUING RULES,
SECOND EDITION, 1998 REVISION

The An glo-Amer i can Cat a loguing Rules, Sec ond Edi tion, 1998
Re vi sion, is used when per forming the first step in cat aloging, called
de scrip tive cat a log ing. This re vised edi tion was pub lished jointly by
the Amer i can Li brary As so ci a tion, the Ca na dian Li brary As so ci a -
tion, and The Library As sociation (Great Britain) in 1998. Gen erally
referred to as AACR2R, this col lection of cat aloging rules has been
adopted by al most ev ery li brary in the United States, Great Britain,

FIGURE 3.1. Steps for Cat aloging

CATALOGING

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING SUBJECT CATALOGING

SUBJECT HEADING CLASSIFICATION