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Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director
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Dr S P Sood
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Retd Associate Professor, University of Rajasthan
Prof S Ravi
Content Reviewer Professor and Head, DDE - Library and Information
Science Wing, Annamalai University 1
Module Id LIS/KOP-C/M/02
Pre-requisites
1. To discuss the situation of library catalogues before the creation of catalogue codes.
Objectives
2. To define catalogue code.
3. To discuss the history and development of important catalogue codes of the world.
Keywords Catalogue code, B.M. Code, Jewett Code, Cutter’s RDC, PIN Code, AA Code, Vatican Code,
ALA Cataloguing Rules, CCC, AACR-1, AACR-2R.
1. Introduction
A catalogue must function properly and grow with the collection of a
library. The entries, description, arrangement and style must be uniform. Till
about the middle of the 19th century, the catalogues of libraries were based on a
set of rules drafted by an individual cataloguer in a casual way on the basis of
long tradition and practice prevailing in the library. Hence there was no
uniformity in the catalogues of different libraries.
2. Definition
The catalogue code means a set of rules with defined terminology designed
for cataloguing purposes and rules means single provision to carry out
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