MRIs: AACR2 Rule Interpretations

Revise 6.1C in contents to read:

6.1C. Media terms

Delete second sentence.

Revise third line to read:

Enclose the media terms in square brackets.

Delete [GMD] from all examples.

Revise 6.2C to read:

Optionally: Add media terms as instructed at 1.1C.

Display media terms after title proper, or preceding all descriptive data in accord with International Bibliographic Description (ISBD) Area 0, or substitute icons based on MARC21 fixed fields.

Replace fourth example with:

Highwayman / Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson.

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Revise example to read:

Viens vers le Père / Office catéchistique provincial du Québec. – Édition spéciale.

Revise first example to read:

Burbank, California : Warner Bros. Records

Revise first example to read:

[Los Angeles, California] : CREDR Corp.,[1976?], ©1976.

Revise example to read:

[S.l.] : [s.n.], 1970 (London, England : High Fidelity Sound Studios)

Revise list of terms to read

CD

CD-R

CD-RW

DVD-audio disc

MP3 recording

sound cartridge

sound cassette

sound disc

sound tape reel

sound track film

streaming audio

Revise first and second examples to read:
1 CD

4 sound cassettes

Delete fifth paragraph.

Revise sixth paragraph to read:

Optionally, if media terms (see 1.1C) are used, omit sound from the terms.

Revise second example to read:

1 sound tape reel (about 90 min.)

Add fourth example:

1 CD (56 min.)

Revise third example to read:

on disc 1 of 2 CDs (about 60 min.)

Add second sentence and new fifth example:

Do not give digital if the item is a CD or DVD-audio disc.

1 CD (56 min.)

Revise list and examples to read:

monophonic

stereophonic

quadraphonic

1 CD (56 min.) : stereophonic

1 sound tape reel (about 60 min.) : analog, 7½ ips, 2 track, monophonic

2 sound discs : analog, 33 ^1/3 rpm, monophonic, stereophonic

Revise example to read:

1 sound cassette (60 min.) : analog, stereophonic, Dolby processed

Revise examples to read:

1 sound disc (20 min.) : analog, 33 ^1/3 rpm, stereophonic ; 12 in.*

1 CD (56 min.) : stereophonic ; 4¾ in.

5 sound discs (48–52 min. each) : analog, 33 ^1/3 rpm, stereophonic ; 10-12 in.

*Contrary to RDA, LCPS advises using inches for sound media.

Revise example to read:

1 sound track film reel (10 min.) : magnetic, 25 fps, centre track : 16 mm

Revise example to read:

1 sound disc (50 min.) : analog, 33 ^1/3 rpm, stereophonic ; 12 in. + 1 pamphlet (11 pages : coloured illustrations ; 32 cm)

Revise sixth example to read:

(Sounds of the eighties, ISSN 7981-5137 : number 14)

Revise second example to read:

Title from accompanying typewritten notes (4 pages)

Revise second and last examples to read:

Edition recorded: New York, N.Y. : Farrar, 1937.

Recording of speech given at the University of Kentucky Academic Library Institute, Lexington, Kentucky, May 24 1984.