MRIs: AACR2 Rule Interpretations

B.1. below and only in the prescribed areas of the catalogue entry.

B.1.A

Use only the abbreviations listed or defined below and only in the prescribed areas of the catalogue entry.
B.2. 1) those abbreviations that are found in the source(s) from which the access points are established.

Fanning, David St. John

( source of information reads: by David St. John Fanning )


A.N.J. Incorporated

( legal name of firm is: A.N. J. Incorporated )


2) abbreviations from B. 14 below for jurisdiction qualifiers of place names.

B.2.A

Use only

1) those abbreviations that are found in the source(s) from which the access points are established.

  Fanning, David St. John

   (source of information reads: by David St. John Fanning)

  A.N.J. Incorporated

   (legal name of firm is: A.N. J. Incorporated)

  2) abbreviations from B. 14 below for jurisdiction qualifiers of place names.

B.3.1.

1) those abbreviations that are an integral part of the uniform title

[ Aventures de M. Croix ]

2) etc. , when prescribed in the rules for uniform titles (see Chapter 25)

[Laws, etc.]

3) op., and no., when prescribed in uniform titles for music (see 25.25-25-35)

[Scherzo, piano, op. 20, A major]

[Symphonies, no. 7, B minor]

B.4. the source of information.

U.S. highways revisited …

Mr. and Mrs. Peter White : a farce in one act …

60 years of the Past Presidents Assn. of the Native Sons of the Golden West, 1900-1960 / by Peter Thomas Conmy


B.7 Delete
B.5.1. the source of information.

3 ème édition

(appears as 3 ème édition in the item)
B.5.2. as appropriate, for cartographic materials and music.

B.5.3. the source of information.

London : Victor Gollancz Ltd.

B.5.4. below. Do not abbreviate “page(s),” “volume(s),” “illustration(s),” etc.

B.5.5. the source of information.

B.5.6.

1) abbreviations transcribed from the source of information

Attributed to “Mr. H.G. James” in editors foreword

2) the abbreviations found in B.12, below.

B.5.7. standard numbers, ISBN, ISSN , etc..

B.12.

centimeter(s)          cm
  centimeters per second cm/s
  feet per second         fps
  hour(s)                 hr.
  kilometer(s)            km 
  inch(es)                in.
  inches per second       ips
  meter(s)                 m
  millimeter(s)          mm
  meters per second   m/s
  minute(s)                 min.

monophonic mono
  number(s)              no.

  opus op.

quadraphonic quad                   
  revolutions per minute   rpm
  second(s)                 sec.

stereophonic stereo
 
Note that metric abbreviations and “fps,” “ips,” “mono,” “quad,” “rpm,” and "stereo" are not followed by full stops.


B.13 Delete.
B.14 Delete Distrito Federal, DF ; and Yukon Territory, Yukon